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PROGRAM GUIDE 


FOR 

FRANCE 


OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 


Compiled 
APRIL 1, 1945 . 

v Management Planning Office 








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INTRODUCTION 



The Program Guide for Prance, as outlined in this document, includes 
the latest information policy statements, operational guidance, production 
schedules and distribution plans for outposts in Prance. 

It should be understood that this document represents the first of 
a series and is subject to considerable refinement. It does, however, 
include all approved plans for Prance and is to be used as a guide by 
the entire organization. 

The issuance of these consolidated target area plans will not super¬ 
sede or replace any existing control or clearance procedure. Any basic 
deviations from the plans incorporated herein must receive the usual ap¬ 
proval on a project basis. 

Responsibility for the issuance of loose-leaf revisions, necessary 
to keep abreast of changes, is delegated to the Outpost Manager of Area I. 


Overseas Branch 



Approved April 1« 1945 



Office of War Information 











CONTENTS 


PAGE NO 

I. AIMS AND THEMES 

1. Definition of Terms I- 1*2 

2. Statement of Aims and Themes.. 1.2.1 

3. Summary Showing Code Numbers Used in Production 

Statement .. I. 3. I 

II. BACKGROUND 

|. Analysis of Enemy Propaganda to Audience. .... 2.1.2 

2. Attitudes and Expectations of Audience 2.2.1 

3. Limitations Imposed by Military or Political • • 

Circumstances . . 2.3.1 

4. Statistics Concerning France. 2.4.1 

A. Publications and Literacy .. 2.4.2 

B. Radio. 2.4.4 

C. Ethnic and Vocational Divisions of 

Podu 1 at ion. 2. 4. 5 

III. GENERAL PLAN OF OPERATIONS 

I. Timetable of Operations . .. 3.1.2 

IV. MEDIA 

1. Publications .. 4.1.2 

A. OWI Book 1 et s. 4. I. 3 

(1) Operational Guidance. 4.1.3 

(2) U. S. Production. 4. 1.6 

(3) London Production ..... . 4.1.9 

(4) Outpost Di stri bution.4. I. 10 

B. OWI Periodi cal s.4. I. I I 

(1) Operational Guidance.. 4.1. II 

(2) U. S. Production.4. I. 14 

(3) London Production.4. 1. 17 

(4) Outpost Di stri bution.4. I. |8 

C. Books.. . 4.1.19 

(1) Operational Guidance.4. I. 19 

(2) U. S. Production. 4.1.21,4.1.23 

(3) London Production. 4.1.22-3 

(4) Outpost Distribution ......... 4.1.24 

D. OWI Library Program. 4.1.25 

(0 Operational Guidance • • • • • • • • • 4.1.25 

(2) Purchased in U. S... 4. I. 26 

(3) Outpost Distribution.. . 4.1.30 

E. Magazine and Newspapers .. 4.1 .31 

(1) Gu i dance. 4. 1. 3 | 

(2) Purchased in U. S. 4.1 .32 

(3) Outpost Distribution ......... 4. I .34 

F. Spec i al t i es. 4. I. 35 

2. Radio. 4. 2. I 

A. Shortwave Radio Programs. 4.2.2 

(1) Operational Guidance. 4.2.2 

( 2 ) Broadcast Schedule from U. S. .... 4.2.3 


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B. Medium Wave from London.. 4.2.6 

C. Recording and Scripts for Outpost Use . • • 4.2.7 

(1) Operational Guidance ....••••• 4.2.7 

(2) U. S. Production. 4.2.8 

(3) Hollywood Shows .. 4.2.13 

(4) Outpost Participation In Radio 

Programming. . . . . .. 4.2. 17 

3. Motion Pictures .. 4.3. I 

A. Commercial Features. • 4.3.2 

(|) Operational Guidance . .. • 4.3.2 

(2) Shipped from U. S. ......... • 4.3.3 

(3) Outpost Distribution ......... 4.3.6 

B. Documentaries Prepared by OWI. 4.3.7 

(1) Guidance.. 4.3.7 

(2) U. S. Production .. 4.3.8 

C. Newsreels Prepared by OWI .. . 4.3.13 

(I) Produced in U. S. and London. 4.3.13 

4. News and Features. 4.4.1 

A. News Operation .. 4.4.2 

(I) News File Transmitted to France . . . 4.4.2 

B. Feature Service.. 4.4.3 

(1) Operational Guidance . 4.4.3 

(2) Features Produced in U. S. ..... . 4.4.8 

(3) Features Produced in London.4.4. I 1 a 

(4) Outpost Production and Distribution . 4.4.11 

C. Fi lmstrj p.. 4. 4. 12 

(1) Operational Guidance. 4.4.12 

(2) U. S. Production. 4.4. 14 

D. Exhibits.. 4. 4. 17 

(1) Operational Guidance. 4.4.17 

(2) U. S. Production. 4.4.18 

(3) Exhibits Produced in London. 4.4.22 

(4) Outpost Distribution. 4.4.22 

E. Po ster s.. 4. 4. 24 

(I) Produced in London. . 4.4.24 

F. Picture Service. 4.4.25 

(1) Operational Guidance . 4.4.25 

(2) U. S. Production .. 4.4.26 

(3) Pictures Produced in London. 4.4.30 

(4) Radiophoto Service. 4.4.31 

(5) Outpost Distribution. 4.4.32 

G. Microfilmed Material. 4.4.33 

V. OUTPOSTS 

1. Organization, Number and Location.. 5.1.2 

2. Functions of Outpost . . 5.2.1 

3. Outpost Staff.. . 5.3.1 

4. Equipment for France... 5.4.1 

5. Budget for France... 5.5.1 

VI. PLANS AWAITING DECI SION. 6 . I. I 

VI I. APPENDI X. 7.1.1 


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PART I 

AIMS AND THEMES 



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NOTICE 


The attached copy of the "Program Guide for 
France" is being addressed to the position you occupy rather 
than to you personally because it is in loose-leaf form and 
will be revised or supplemented whenever plans are changed. 

Each office will be responsible for keeping their 
copies up to date by inserting new sheets or sections when¬ 
ever received. It will not be necessary for you to take 
your copies with you when changing jobs, as copies are being 
supplied to every position in a key executive, liaison, or 
service capacity. 

A similar document will be furnished for each 
count j considered a target area by the Overseas Branch. All 
suggestions for revision of any "Program Guide" should be 
addressed to the Area Outpost Manager in the Deputy Director’s 
Office responsible for the country in question. 

The mailing list and distribution of supplemental 
pages will be serviced by the Management Planning Office in 
Washington. 


(23 • j, A 




Balph B. Thompson, 

Chief, Management Planning Office, MS 






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PART I, SECTION 1 - DEFINITION OF TERMS 


1. An AIM is the statement of why we are issuing information or 
propaganda to a given target area. 

2. A THEME is the statement of what we are issuing to achieve our aim. 

3. A MEDIUM is the how of our efforts and refers to a specific vehicle 
for information. 


For example: We may issue a booklet entitled "Medal of Honor Winners" 
(Medium) designed to tell the story of "American Democracy" (Theme) in 
terms of "Fighting America" (Sub-Theme) which helps to achieve our aim 
of (l) strengthening the bonds of understanding between the U.S. and our 
target, as well as (2) encouraging continued military operations. 


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PART I, SECTION 2 - STATEMENT OF AIMS AND THEMES 

1. WINNING THE WAR - To bring the global war as quickly as possible to a 
successful conclusion we want to: 

a. Enlist the sympathy, cooperation and aid of other governments 
and people for the United Nations. 

b. Progressively emphasize the Far Eastern War. 

2. WINNING THE PEACE - To achieve our most vital and all-embracing goal 
of a sound, durable peace we want tor 

a. Explain and make acceptable to all the aims of the United 
Nations including ourselves, for a lasting peace. 

b. Counteract and eradicate the residual effects and continuing 
efforts of enemy propaganda. 

c. Win support for the principles and institutions of inter¬ 
national cooperation and organization. 

d. Stress the idea that the U. S. is not pursuing imperialist 
aims. 

3. PRESERVING THE PEACE - To reduce the causes which produce war and 
to stimulate the conditions which promote peace, we want to: 

a. Encourage the physical and social welfare of people in every 
country. 

b. Promote the free interchange of news and information throughout 
the world. 

c. Encourage the development of a "free and democratic way of 
life" in all countries, "in accordance with their own customs 
and desires." 

(Stettinius) 

d. Discourage manifestations of aggression and international law¬ 
lessness. 

4. THE UNITED STATES - To further general international understanding 
and good relations, we want to: 

a. Explain our interest and realization of our responsibilities In 
a peaceful world. 

b. Correct misapprehensions and suspicions and develop sound ap¬ 
preciation and good will for America and Americans. 

c. Facilitate mutual contacts and exchange reciprocity between 
Americans and other people. 

d. Make available to others who share our aims such useful 
products of American "life* which contribute to our common 
goal. 

THESE AIMS UNDERLIE OUR WORK IN ALL EUROPEAN AREAS. 

As applied to France, our aims may be stated as follows: 

I. Negatively to dissipate persistent misconceptions and subversive 
propaganda; and positively to continue our present efforts to 
strengthen old and establish new bonds of understanding between the 
United States and France by filling in the gaps of French informa¬ 
tion concerning American institutions, the American character, the 
American way of life, and the transformations effected since we 
entered the war. 


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II. (a) To recognize and encourage French military cooperation in the 
final prosecution of the European phase of the war to present the 
problem and record the achievements of the armed forces of the 
United States and France in all military theaters; 

(b) to report the Pacific fighting fully, encourage French partici¬ 
pation in the Pacific war and explain the significance of this 
theater of operations to Americans and in its relation to American 
assistance to France. 

III. To encourage present and future French political cooperation in the 
establishment of the peace by correlating French demands with those 
of the United Nations, while continuing to reassure the French of 
our understanding of the real nature of the world conflict and re¬ 
iterating our determination to join in an effective international 
organization, having real authority and power to maintain peace. 

IV. To continue our many-sided efforts to further the speed reestab¬ 
lishment of a well informed and democratic France by renewing and 
extending the cultural bonds linking the United States with France 
and pave the way for the resumption of -regular institutional and 
private cultural contacts which will fill in the gaps in French in¬ 
formation created by the German occupation and thus help satisfy 
the immense thirst for authentic knowledge of the last five years’ 
developments. 

V. To strengthen French confidence in America's resolution to have a 
friendly and strong France assume her rightful place among the 
great nations of Europe and in the world and within the framework 
of an effective collective security system play the role due to her 
position; at the same time to express our awareness of what France 
has suffered and is undergoing, but also to impart information 
through all media of what the United States is contributing to her 
recovery. Implementing these aims are five major themes: 

1. AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IN ACTION 

(a) This subject represents a broad field in which Nazi propaganda about 
"pluto-democratic America," the four-year-old blackout of news, and our 
own failure to give France a wider picture of American life and institu¬ 
tions have worked together to give French people a misleading and dis¬ 
torted conception of our country. Actually, the United States has 
achieved as close an approximation to popular democracy as any other 
great nation, and with relatively little internal disturbance in relation 
to the achievements or in comparison with upheavals produced in other 
countries. 


(b) There has never been a more critical need or a better opportunity 
to have this Immensely Important truth imparted to the French. It Is 
impossible to exaggerate the tremendous thirst of the French for infor¬ 
mation. It is the responsibility of OWI as the foremost information 

°V*"; ^^an Government to impart, explain, and illustrate the 
working of the inherently democratic temper of the American people as it 
simultaneously expresses itself and renews its strength in the many-sided 


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activities of free American citizens. It falls within the jurisdiction 
of OWI to make accessible, particularly in human terms, the great store 
of available information on the functioning of American democratic in¬ 
stitutions — without blatantly flaunting their virtues but also with¬ 
out concealing their imperfections. 

(c) Documentary films, bopks, both fiction and serious studies, prog¬ 
ress reports on capital-labor relations, community undertakings, social 
services and legislation and public utilities, would be the most effec¬ 
tive instruments for communicating this information. Since the oppor¬ 
tunity exists and the French governmental and private bodies with which 
OWI cooperates desire it, we should continue and expand OWI efforts to 
facilitate the exchange of students, scientists, artists, writers, and 
trade-union representatives as an integral part of our services. 

2. THE HISTORY OF THE WAR AND THE WAR EFFORT, 

PARTICULARLY THE PACIFIC PHASE 

(a) A combination of factors still keeps the French public ignorant of 
many developments and aspects of the war, despite notable progress in 
overcoming this ignorance. This is particularly true concerning the 
American war effort and the transformation of American living and think¬ 
ing since we entered the war. Not least is the failure to appreciate 
the place which the Pacific war occupies in our thinking. OWI should 
continue to make readily accessible material useful as background infor¬ 
mation to explain how our great industrial effort was directed to the 
winning of the war. Without being limited solely to America’s contribu¬ 
tion to the war, this material should also inform the French of the ex¬ 
tent to which our industrial effort through Lend Lease was extended to 
aiding our allies. 

3. THE STORY OF ACHIEVEMENTS IN SCIENCE AND THOUGHT SINCE 1939 

(a) War and post-liberation conditions have also placed the French 
people under a heavy disadvantage with respect to knowledge and appre¬ 
ciation of cultural and scientific developments since 1939 and has ex¬ 
posed them to one of the most persistent themes of nazi anti-American 
propaganda, viz., that the Americans are materialists and destroyers of 
the traditional cultural values of Western civilization. OWI should 
continue to make available material dealing with the notable achieve¬ 
ments , particularly in the United States but also in the other United 
Nations in the related fields of science and technology as well as in 
cultural and philosophical speculation. Without distorting the presen¬ 
tation, the story of our remarkable scientific research, technical 
progress, social legislation, opportunities for public education, 
achievements in belles lettres, music, theatre, dancing and the arts, 
could also be used as illustrations of our vital democracy. But the ac¬ 
cent should fall on bridging the cultural gap as rapidly as possible and 
on preparing the resumption of a regular institutional and individual 
exchange of information. 

(b) In making such scientific and cultural material available for 
French use, OWI should continue its close cooperation with the State De¬ 
partment and the American Embassy in Paris on the one hand, and with 
the French official agencies and private bodies and individuals on the 
other. 


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(c) We should continue to express our appreciation of all evidences of 
French cultural, artistic and scientific athievements, particularly in 
the face of the great obstacles confronting those achievements. 

4. AMERICA’S RELATIONS WITH FRANCE 

(a) Books, the press, and the radio should continue to be utilized to 
impress upon the French people that we have not now and never have had 
any designs or intentions of infringing upon the political independence 
of restored France nor upon the territorial integrity of her overseas 
possessions. 

(b) OWI should continue to express to the French people our conviction 
that political and social democracy on the continent of Europe can ill 
be established without a restored, stable and democratic France; but 
also to present the story of the aid that we have given and are giving 
in the recovery of France. 

(c) It is especially imperative to use all available media to explain to 
the French people that American 'reconstruction missions on French soil 
are temporary in character and are limited strictly to the specific task 
of helping duly authorized French officials with their problems of re¬ 
cuperating from war and laying the foundations of security, prosperity 
and happiness within their country. 

(d) There is a pressing need to explain to the French people why the 
immediate aftermath of Liberation did not at once lead to the material 
improvements that the French expected, and also to counteract the wide¬ 
spread ignorance, misconceptions and distortions concerning the role of 
American troops in France in particular and our people and our govern¬ 
ment in general. 

(e) We should continue to inform the French that we are working to¬ 
gether with the Provisional Government for mutual good and security in 
order to have a friendly and strong France assume her rightful place in 
the world of nations. We would continue to express our recognition of 
the necessity and justice of having duly accredited French representa¬ 
tives represent the interests of their country as full-fledged partner 
in international affairs in all international conferences and in the 
drafting of international agreements. 

5. AMERICA’S POLICY AND ROLE IN THE POST-WAR WORLD 

(a) OWI would continue to make accessible to the French people all in¬ 
formation testifying to the fact that broad public opinion in America 
fully understands the nature of the present world conflict and strongly 
endorses our official policy to join in an effective international or¬ 
ganization, having real authority and power to maintain peace. We should 
impress upon the French our resolution to support security measures which 
will restrain threats and also to participate in collective action when 
actual aggression follows such threats. However, we should also drive 
home the point to the French people that similar resolution and action 
on the part of France within the same collective security system is ex¬ 
pected if France is to count upon American friendship and cooperation 
within the world organization. 


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(b) OWI should also continue to report the fighting in the Pacific 
fully, to present the inter-dependence between global war and global 
peace, and to explain how the full execution of United States assistance 
in the reconstruction of France has been limited by the character of the 
European war since the liberation of France and still depends on the 
victorious conclusion of the Pacific fighting against Japan. 


The interrelation between the Aims (Policy) and the Themes (Opera¬ 
tions) would then be as follows: 


AIMS 

To strengthen the bonds of un¬ 
derstanding between the United 
States and France by informing 
the French peonle of American 
institutions, the American 
character, and the American 
way of life. 


To encourage French military 
cooperation in the further 
prosecution of the war, by 
setting forth the problems 
and achievements of the armed 
forces of the United Nations 
all over the world, particu¬ 
larly those of the United 
States and of France. 


III. To encourage French political 
cooperation in the establish¬ 
ment of the peace by setting 
forth the achievements and 
difficulties of the United 
Nations in this field and by 
reassuring the French of our 
intention to join in an ef¬ 
fective international organi¬ 
zation, having real authority 
and power to maintain peace. 


THEMES (with subdivisions) 

1. American Democracy 

A. Physical America 
- B. Fighting America 

C. Working America 

D. Political America 

E. Social America 

2. History of the War 

A. Global 

2. Political 

3. U.S. Participation 
C. Pacific 

3. Achievemeiits in Science & 

Arts 

A. Science 

B. Technology 

C. Arts 

D. Sociology 

4. French-American Relations 

A. Cultural 

5. U.S. in the Postwar World 

1. American Democracy 

B. Fighting America 

2. History of the War 

A. Global 

1. Military 

2. U.S. participation 

B. European 

C. Pacific 

D. French participation 

4. French-American Relations 

B. Military 

1. American Democracy 

D. Political America 
2* History of the War 

A. Global 

2. Political 

3. U.S. participation 

B. European 

C. Pacific 

D. French participation 


1 . 2.6 


AIMS THEMES (with subdivisions) 


IV. To help the re-establishment 
of a well-informed and demo¬ 
cratic France and to strength¬ 
en the cultural bands linking 
the United States and France 
by extending our services on 
a reciprocal basis in the 
fields of science and culture 
and by filling the gaps in 
French information created by 
the German occupation. 

V. To strengthen French confi¬ 
dence in America's determina¬ 
tion to have a friendly and 
strong France assume again 
her rightful place among the 
great nations of Europe and 
of the world and, as such, to 
play the role due to her po¬ 
sition. 


3. Achievements in Arts & 
Sciences 
D. Sociology 

4» French-American Relations 
A. Cultural 

5. U. S. in the Postwar World 

3. Achievements in Arts & 

Sciences 

A. Science 

B. Technology 

C. Arts 

D. Sociology 

4. French-American Relations 

A. Cultural 

2. History of the War (all 
sub-divisions) 


2. History of the War 

D. French participation 

4. French-American Relations 

A. Cultural 

B. Military 

5. U.S. in the Postwar World 
5. 


PART*I, SECTION 3 - SUMMARY SHOWING CODE NUMBERS 
USED IN PRODUCTION STATEMENTS 


Stated conversely for the convenience of the Operating Bureaus and 
content analysis of our output, the Themes and Aims they implement are 
as follows: 


THEMES 


AIMS (by number) 


1. American Democracy 

A. Physical America I 

B. Fighting America I, II 

C. Working America I 

D. Political America I, III 

E. Social America I 


2. History of the War 

A. Global 

1. Military 

2. Political 

3. U.S. Participation 

B. European 

C. Pacific 

D. French Participation 


II, IV 
I, III, IV 
I, II, III, IV 
,11, III, IV 

I, II, III, IV 

II, III, IV, V 


3. Achievements in Arts and Science 

A. Science 

B. Technology 

C. Arts 

D. Sociology 


I, IV 
I, IV 
If iv 

I, HI, IV 


4. French-American Relations 

A. Cultural 

B. Military 


If iv, V 
II, III, V 


5. U.S. in Post-War World 

A. Documents and Statements I, III, V 

B. Planning and Discussion I, III, V 


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BACKGROUND 


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PART II, SECTION 1 - ANALYSIS OF ENEMY PROPAGANDA TO AUDIENCE 


2 . 1.2 


The principal lines carried out in the Nazi and Vichy propaganda 
lines to France under occupation were: 

1. Bolshevik Bogey, To the effect that Allied victory would mean 
the end of European civilization, overrun by the hordes from 
the East, with all of Western Europe reorganized into Communist 
states. 

2. American economic imperialism. To the effect that America (and 
Britain) would either retain political control over all French 
colonies, or economic control through French impoverishment and 
consequent dependence on the whims of the Anglo-Americans. 

3. Liberation equals destruction. This line, on which Philippe 
Henriot, Vichy propaganda secretary, held out a great length at 
the end of 1943 and beginning of 1944, was to the effect that 
"Anglo-American air gangsters" were destroying French cities 
and industries, not so much for military purposes as to remove 
any threat of French competition in world markets after the war. 

An additional line, held by Vichy only, and implied more than open¬ 
ly stated, was - 

French neutrality. France and Frenchmen should avoid taking 
sides, since the belligerents would eventually reach a stalemate, 
and France could serve as a mediator. This line disappeared in 
the later stages, as Vichy came more and more under Nazi domina¬ 
tion. 


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PART II, SECTION 2 - ATTITUDES AND EXPECTATIONS OF AUDIENCE 


Certain conclusions have become apparent at the end of the first 
six month period of USIS operations in France. The first of these is 
the need for shifting some of our emphasis away from the first of the 
general European aims, "WINNING THE WAR," and placing the emphasis upon 
the second general aim, "WINNING THE PEACE." Except for continuing to 
encourage French military cooperation in the successful prosecution of 
the war in the Pacific, we no longer have any overwhelming concern with 
enlisting the cooperation and aid of France in pursuing the European 
phase of the struggle. The accent now falls on OWI efforts to strengthen 
the existing bases of friendship and cooperation between the United 
States and France and to extend the bonds of firm and lasting friendly 
cooperation between the two countries particularly in the solution of 
the problems of postwar readjustment. These relations, as Mr. MacLelsh 
has pointed out, must be established between the two peoples as well as 
between their governments. 

The first six months of USIS operations in France have also brought 
out the need of devoting greater attention to counteracting French atti¬ 
tudes and emotions which derive largely from the psychological let-down 
of the French and their material disappointments during the period imme¬ 
diately following liberation. This shift of emphasis to a pressing im¬ 
mediate task in no way involves the sacrifice of our long range and ul¬ 
timate intentions. 

In the background of this effort must be our unceasing and sympa¬ 
thetic awareness of the troubled and unstable intellectual and psycho¬ 
logical attitude of most Frenchmen. French thinking and French emotions 
are depressingly unsettled and unstable today, and are likely to remain 
so for sometime to come. The evidence of the past six months makes it 
clear that France is in the thick of a gigantic, confusing, and exceed¬ 
ingly complex movement to re-establish herself at home and abroad. 

Abroad her efforts are directed to gain security and to safeguard her¬ 
self against the threat of future aggression. At home the efforts are 
concerned with recuperating from the war, and to restoring, renovating 
and modifying her political, social and economic relations. The prob¬ 
lems to which the French government is subjected and the emotional dis¬ 
turbances to which the French people are exposed cannot be resolvdd fully 
because their solution is intermeshed with the course and character of 
the global war. However, this immense and varied effort on several dif¬ 
ferent fronts of national activity presents certain difficulties of 
French-American relation^ because it has produced an unstable situation 
where public opinion, and often governmental policy, are too easily 
stirred up into an unreasonable and hasty expression of irritation or 
criticism of Americans and American government. 

Consequently it becomes more necessary than we had'Judged earlier, 
for OWI in its French output to combat attitudes born of a post-libera¬ 
tion letdown and at the same time to explain to the French why the imme¬ 
diate post-liberation period did not improve their material position. 

It involves also a conscious effort on our part to overcome the anti- 
American heritage that goes back to occupation propaganda as well as to 


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fight against a persistent subversive propaganda which takes advantage 
of French disappointments and fears and their lack of information on 
current developments. 

For the immediate present it is the function of OWI to disseminate 
through all the media at its disposal information about our country in 
order to serve a two-fold purpose. The first of these purposes is in 
the nature of therapeutic treatment: to counteract ignorance, misinfor¬ 
mation, and hostile propaganda directed against us as a nation and as a 
people by vigorously reputing false charges and systematically giving 
the French a balanced and honest picture of America at home, American 
forces in France, and America in its relation to the world. If this 
first purpose is propaganda, then let us practice it. Through no other 
policy than that of affording the French a broad and reasonable basis 
for simulating a sound opinion concerning our national aspirations, ac¬ 
tivities, and achievements at home, as well as our position and commit- 
nents in the world of nations abroad, can we ever hope to lay the bases 
of lasting understanding between us and France. 

There is a second purpose. French understanding must go beyond 
mere understanding for the sake of preventing irresponsible criticism of 
what we do and equally irresponsible questioning of why we do or did 
certain things. The second great responsibility of OWI - which goes be¬ 
yond the solution of immediate problems and merges into our ultimate ob¬ 
jectives - is the obligation to make clear to the French people that it 
is as much to the national interest and the future security of France to 
understand the American position as it is to our national interest to 
consolidate friendship and cooperation with France. Put more simply it 
is the obligation to impress upon France that a friendly and cooperative 
United States committed to a global policy of collective security a- 
gainst aggression and distinguished by global mentality on cultural, 
commercial and economic relations, is essential to the French future. 

It is therefore the task of OWI to broaden and consolidate among French¬ 
men a sound appreciation of what we have done and we are doing in the 
battle for human liberty, and what the American people and government 
hope and plan to do for world security, prosperity and happiness. 




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PART II, SECTION 3 - LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY MILITARY OR 

POLITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES 

(From Long Range Policy Guidance for France dated October 28, 1944) 

At the present moment OWI has completed the pre-liberation part of 
the long-range program. 

The plan issued on August 7, 1943, stated the general purposes of 
that program: 

1. To capitalize on Franco-American friendship, so as to establisn 
the credibility of and receptivity to, our output. 

2. To convince the French people of our eventual victory, and to 
acquaint them with Allied progress toward the goal. 

3. To combat any tendency to abandon the democratic way of life. 

4. To counteract enemy-inspired propaganda tending to impugn the 
Intentions of the Allies toward France. 

5. To prepare the French people for future whole-hearted coopera¬ 
tion with the Allies. 

In anticipation of probable French attitudes after liberation the 
plan made the following points: 

1. We expected the French to become increasingly nationalistic and 
touchy in matters affecting their pride. 

2. We expected that French opinion would need reassurance regard¬ 
ing the popular basis of American democracy. 

3. We expected that France would need reassurance concerning the 
place she would receive in Allied consideration. 

4. We expected French people to turn increasingly to their own 
media as sources of information. 

5. We expected the French people to desire complete liberty in 
handling of their own internal affairs. 

6. We expected the French to be interested in the factual record 
of Franco-American relations during the period of German occu¬ 
pation. 

These long range purposes were fairly well implemented within the 
limits of Available material. The theme of Franco-American and Franco- 
Allied friendship and military cooperation was particularly well handled. 
On the whole, also, the evaluation of probable French feelings after lib¬ 
eration contained in this directive was largely borne out, according to 
available intelligence reports. Our fears on the possible effect of 
enemy-inspired and anti-democratic propaganda during German occupation 
do not seem to have been justified. 

PWB relations with the French authorities in North Africa were a 
long, involved story, which is mainly valuable for its indication of what 
OWI in metropolitan France should avoid if it is to work under the most 
favorable auspices. Although PWB was always conscious that in France it¬ 
self the French would be their own masters and that it would be futile 
to try to retain these rights and privileges which the natures of the 
military situation permitted PWB to enjoy in North Africa and Southern 


2 <>3 <>2 


France, nevertheless, the French authorities still displayed some fears 
lest the Allies insist on maintaining requisitions, policy control, and 
extra-territorial privileges after the liberation of European France. 

Incomplete reports on PWB operations in southern France and on PWD 
operations in Normandy, up to September, 1944 seem to indicate the fol¬ 
lowing: 

1. Cooperation with the French on our informational activities was 
generally cordial, although the French, while appreciative, were 
anxious to take over completely as soon as they could* There was 
some questioning of our altruism. 

2. Mechanical facilities: radio stations were often wrecked, but 
most printing plants were found intact with varying stocks of 
paper and ink. 

3. Reaction to media: newspapers were desired most as news sources, 
also magazines if they contained plenty of text and were in a 
large format. Photo magazine will require more text than is nor¬ 
mal in the United States. The vast majority of readers rejected 
cartoons of "The New Yorker" type. We have withdrawn the circu¬ 
lation of posters, which were very poorly received. 

4. Preferred themes: the Allied war effort is a leading subject, 
also information on medical and technological progress. There 
is an increasing interest in the Pacific which must be encour¬ 
aged. Newsreels, documentaries, war pictures, and entertainment 
films were equally popular. 




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2.4.1 


PART 

STATISTICS 


II, SECTION 4 

CONCERNING FRANCE 








2.4.2 


PART II, SECTION 4a - PUBLICATIONS AND LITERACY 

(Taken from the Civil Affairs Handbook, Army 
Service Forces, Section I, issued October 15, 
1943) 


Nearly everyone in France can speak or write standard French. The 
accent may vary from place to place — the basic language of government:, 
business, and culture is fundamentally the same everywhere. Some French¬ 
men can still speak traditional local dialects (or patois ) which differ 
from standard French. Such persons, however, can almost invariably 
speak standard French too. 

Almost two million native Frenchmen within the boundaries of France 
as they were constituted in 1939 do not have French as their mother 
tongue. These people are to be found principally in the extreme corners 
of France. In almost every instance, however, they can also speak stand¬ 
ard French, and in many cases they prefer to do so. The prestige of the 
larger towns (where French is almost invariably the accepted language), 
the standardizing influence of the public schools and military service, 
and the development of modern transportation and* communication — all 
have tended to make these people bilingual. Since World War I there has 
been much agitation on the part of a few publications , scholars, and 
political malcontents to resurrect and extend the use of local languages, 
to teach them in the schools, and to create or revive their use for 
literature. Nevertheless, this agitation has achieved no notable success, 
even though the Germans have exploited it since 1940 in an effort to re¬ 
vive provincial loyalties and weaken French nationalism. 

PRESS - JANUARY 1945 

MORNING PAPERS - PARIS 
Conservative 


Le Figaro 


215,000 

France Libre 


190,800 

L'Aurore 


100,201 

Moderate 

L* Aube 

(Right leanings) 

166,400 

Le Parisien Libere 

- (Right leanings) 

201,839 

Resistance 


168,593 

Liberation 


192,885 

C omba t 

(left leanings) 

183,250 

Left 

he Populaire 

(left socialist) 

239,539 

Franc Tireu 


183,825 

Front National 


173,337 

L f Human!te 

(left communist) 

319,925 


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EVENING PAPERS - PARIS 
Conservative 

Le Monde 

Paris - Bruxelles (moderate leanings)? 

Moderate 

France Soir 

Libres (right leanings) 66,000 

Paris-Presse (moderate) 201,357 

Left 

Liberation - Soir (left socialist inclined)? 

C.e Soir (left communist inclined)? 


PROVINCIAL PAPERS 


BOURGOGNE: La Bourgogne , Dijon A Cote d'Or, published at 
Dijon. Republican leaning to the left. 

Le Bien Public, same region, published at 
Dijon, Catholic A conservative. 

CENTRE: La Patrie de l'Allier, Vichy, organ of the 

Liberation, CNL. 

La Nation, Vichy, Front National CDL 
La Ptriote, St. Etienne and Loire, Front National 
Le Cri du Peuple, St Etienne and Loire, Communist 
La Montague, Clermont-Ferrand, independent 
conservative 


SUD-EST: Le Reveil, two editions, Lyon & Grenoble, 

republican 

Les Al lobroges , Front National Grenoble 
Le Travailleur Alpin, Lyon, Communist 
La Marseillaise, Marseille, Front National 
Le Provencal, Marseille. Socialiste Republican 
Ouge-Midi , Marseille, Communist 

SUD-OUEST: Sud-Ouest ,, Boir deaux, Republicain 

Le Patriote, Toulouse, liberation, independent 
La Victoire, Republicain, populaire, Toulouse 
Vaincre, Toulouse, FFI 
Liberte-Soir , Toulouse, MRS, socialist 
Catholic tendencies former underground: 
"Liberer A Federer* 

La Voix du Midi, Toulouse, communist 

BRITAGNE: Ouest-France , Bennes, Moderate 


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PART II, SECTION 4B - RADIO 


FRENCH MEDIUM WAVE STATIONS 
As of February 1, 1945 


FREQUENCY 

WAVELENGTH 


(kc/s) 

(METERS) 

STATION LOCATION 

048 

463 

Limoges 

695 

431 .7 

Paris 

749 

400.5 

Marseille 

776 

386.6 

Par il 

832 

360.6 

Limoges 

859 

349.2 

Strasbourg 

895 

335.2 

Lyon 

913 

328.6 

Toulouse 

959 

312.8 

Louvetot 

968 

309.9 

Grenoble 

1,040 

288.6 

Rennes 

1,113 

269.5 

Bordeaus-Lafayette 

1,185 

253.1 

Nice 

1,213 

247.3 

Lille 

1,276 

235.1 

Agen 

1,321 

227.1 

Antibes 

1,339 

224.0 

Montpelier 

1,339 

224.0 

Nancy 

1,393 

215.4 

Nimes 

1,393 

215.4 

Lyon 

1,429 

209.9 

Royat 

1,456 

206.0 

Paris 









2.4.5 


PART II, SECTION 4C - ETHNIC AND VOCATIONAL DIVISIONS OF 

POPULATION 

(Taken from Civil Affairs Handbook, Army Service 
Forces Section I issued October 15, 1943) 


In recent years, with the rise of dictatorships, France became a 
refuge for many persecuted minorities, political groups and personal¬ 
ities. Between 1933 and 1939 some 40,000 Jewish refugees are estima¬ 
ted to have entered the country from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslova¬ 
kia. Another 50,000 are reported to have stampeded before the victori¬ 
ous Oerman Army in 1940. The aggregate number of Jews at the time of 
the Armistice was probably about 340,000. In 1931, the total foreign 
population of France numbered about 2,715,000. Of this number, 808,000 
were Italians who had settled principally in the south of France. There 
were 254,000 Belgians, 508,000 Poles, 351^000 Spaniards and 72,000 Ger¬ 
mans. There is also a Flemish-speaking group in the Departments of the 
Nord and Pas-de-Calais, as well as a Celtic language group in Brittany. 
Important special language groups are composed of the large sections of 
the population of Alsace-Lorraine who speak German. 


The total population of France in 1931 was 41,834,000 which in¬ 
cluded 2,714,677 foreigners, whose countries of origin were: 


Germany 71,729 

Austria 9,780 

Belgium 253,694 

Czechoslovakia 47,401 

Denmark 2,933 

Great Britain 49,143 

Greece 19,123 

Holland 9,879 

Hungary 18,824 

Turkey 36,119 

Other American 

Republics 14,146 


Italy 

808,038 

Luxemburg 

21,286 

Norway 

1,781 

Poland 

507,811 

Portugal 

48,663 

Rumania, 

Bulgaria 

Yugoslavia 

51,802 

Russia 

71,928 

Spain 

351,864 

Switzerland 

98,475 

United States 

16,146 

French subjects 
and proteges 

African 

101,969 


Other 3,008 


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There were also 361,231 naturalized French citizens of approximately 
the same countries of origin as the foreign residents. 

According to Henri Frenay, Minister of Prisoners (October 30, 1944) 
there were 780,000 French prisoners of war in Germany: 225,000 pris¬ 
oners reclassified as laborers; 750,000 deported laborers; and 600,000 
political deportees. The official French estimate of losses in battle 
and civilians killed by the Germans is 300,000o 

The following studies are valuable reference works and throw much 
light on such topics as the disposition of social forces in France, the 
attitudes of different social and professional groups, the functioning 
of the Government, the conflicts over fundamental issues in the two dec¬ 
ades between 1919 and 1939, and the philosophy and policies of the Vichy 
Government: 


A. Lo Guerard, French Civilization in the lQth Century . 1913 

Do Wo Brogan, France Under the Republic, 2870 - 1939 . 1941 

Wo R. Sharp, The Government of the Third French Republic. 1938o 

L. Marchal, Vichy, Two Years of Deception. 1943 

Pertinax, The Grave Diggers. 1944 

H. C. Rice, France 2940 - 2942 , 1942 

The following chart represents an estimate of the social groups in¬ 
to which the French are divided, giving a very approximate figure in 
each case: 

500,000 (including the old 
aristocracy, not 
necessarily any 
longer wealthy) 

1,500,000 
5,000,000 
4,000,000 
15,000,000 
15,000,000 


Wealthy Classes 

Intellectual Classes Professions 
Middle-class and well-to-do-farmers 
Craftsmen and individual workers 
Mass of industrial workers 
Farming population, fishermen, etc. 


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PART III 


GENERAL PLAN OF OPERATIONS 





















3 . 1.2 


PART III, SECTION 1 - TIMETABLE OF OPERATIONS 


The long range program for France is now under way. PWD activities 
were suspended in the late Fall and the United States Information Serv¬ 
ice is concerned only with informational activities. One remaining work 
with the military is our liaison office which acts as a public rela¬ 
tions office for the Communications Zone of the U. S. Army. 

The materials prepared and issued by the London and New York 
Offices are shipped directly to France now and handled entirely by USIS. 


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PART IV 


MEDIA 






4.1.2 


PART IV, SECTION 1 


PUBLICATIONS 


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4 . 1.3 


PART IV, SECTION 1A - BOOKLETS 

(From long range operational plan of Nov. 16, 1944) 
OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE 

1. PAST PRODUCTION 


In the future all booklets should be sold through the Information 
Center and other agencies rather than given away free. Among the book¬ 
lets prepared by the OWI, those of an informational character should re¬ 
ceive priority in distribution provided they are of high quality. 

The booklets most suitable for distribution are those which satisfy 
one or more of the following criteria: 

!• Information content not obtainable through other channels. 

2 . Historical background not generally known or readily available 
to the French reading public. 

3. Scientific, literary or artistic value. 

Booklets which should be tested in the field and withdrawn if re¬ 
actions are unfavorable are those which may be: 

1. Obsolete, that is, contradicted by later events or treated in a 
manner no longer considered the proper approach to the particular problem. 

2. Characterized as handouts by their size or presentation, unless 
the excellence of content would offset the disadvantage of presentation. 

3. Likely to appear as camouflaged propaganda, for example, booklets 
addressed to children but really aimed at their parents. 

4. Boastful or patronizing or likely to be so interpreted. 

The following is a sample of which booklets will be useful for our 
informational role in France, and which may be questionable, because of 
content or quality. 

1. AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IN ACTION 

Suitable : History of the U.S. Government; Documents of Liberty: This 

is the U.S 1.: What is an American? 

Questionable : These are the U.S. Fighting Men: Music in the U.S.A. 

2. THE HISTORY OF THE WAR 

Suitable: Since 1939 (revised): The War in the Pacific; Tarawa: Air 

Transport and the War; FDR war Messages; War Atlas. 




Y. I.M. 


Questionable: Wings of America; Medal of Honor 

3. THE STORY OF ACHIEVEMENTS IN SCIENCE AND THOUGHT SINCE 1939 

Suitable: Control of Communicable Diseases: Infant Care 

4. AMERICA’S RELATIONS WITH FRANCE 

Suitable ■: Lincoln and France; History of a Friendship. 

Questionable Alphabet Primer; Stars and Stripes; Senegalais ; 

Sailors of the French Fleet; Hommage a la France. 

5. AMERICA’S POLICY AND ROLE IN THE POSTWAR WORLD 

Suitablec The USA and the War; Moscow Conference Booklet; Why We 
Fight. 

Questionable : French Resistance 
II. FUTURE PRODUCTION 

As a medium, booklets are relatively ill-suited to our present in¬ 
formational program in France, largely because their appearance and for¬ 
mat are associated with the hand-out propaganda which we wish increas¬ 
ingly to avoid. Most topics formerly covered by booklets will be more 
suitable treated by books in the future, but booklets production of doc¬ 
uments and speeches of an official nature continues to be important. 

The Booklets Division of the Publications Bureau should, however, 
prepare to enter a comparatively new field, that of correlation with ex¬ 
hibit or similar activities of the Information Center. The public at¬ 
tending such functions will not object to having related booklets of¬ 
fered to them under an official imprint. Where possible, however, these 
should be signed by writers well known in their fields, especially on 
technical subjects. 

The following are some positive and negative recommendations on the 
format and content of booklets produced under this new informational 
program: 


A. Presentation 

1. Formats should be*conservative. Small or tricky formats 
remind readers of propaganda publications. 

2. Pamphlets consisting of official documents should be bound 
more durably, to enable people to keep them in their home libraries. 

3. Pictures should be subordinated to text. Where pictures 
are included, the emphasis should be on human-interest photos which 
tell a story in themselves, rather than on conventional shots. 


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4 . 1.5 


4. Simplicity is usually preferable to lavishness, but the 
opposite extreme of cheapness of paper and printing should be avoided. 

5. Except in collections of official documents, the government 
imprint should be replaced by private publication and copyright, and 

booklets should be signed. 

• 

6. Booklets should occasionally include the date of publica¬ 
tion in order to add to their credibility, and to make for more intelli¬ 
gent reading. 


7. They should be sold at a price neither so high as to be pro¬ 
hibitive nor so low as to appear suspicious. 

B. Content 

Booklets production should concentrate on implementing the 
themes outlined in the Long Range Policy Guidance for France, within 
the limitations set forth above. 

C. Treatment 

1. Above all, our treatment must be factual, solid and to the 
point. Our purpose should be clearly to inform, not to convince. 

2. Well-balanced and occasionally humorous self-criticism 
will sometimes heighten credibility and interest. 

3. Controversial issues should be faced squarely, rather than 
skirted. We need not be apologetic. 

4. In discussing our international relations we should not 
seek to convey an impression of hypocritical altruism. Instead, we 
should try to show our sound understanding of the importance of deal¬ 
ing with other people as a matter of mutual national interest. 

5. Democracy should be presented in its working aspects rath¬ 
er than in its theoretical abstractions. We should not attempt to por¬ 
tray democracy as a state of perfection, but rather a system under 
which liberties are attained and expanded through constant struggles 
and safeguarded through constant vigilance. 

6. The sensitiveness of the French to propaganda must be 
borne in mind at all times. Both the boastful and the over-modest ap¬ 
proach should be avoided. Similarly, we should not exaggerate the 
role of France in the war lest we be suspected of insincerity. Argu¬ 
ments against enemy propaganda are also to be avoided. 





PRODUCTION OF. 


.TO IMPLEMENT POLICY FOR. 


Booklets and Posters _ _ _ 

* (Me dluai) 

New York - Overseas Publications 

date PREPARED: April I 9 U 5 PROGRAM FOR BALANCE OF FISCAL YEAR 1944 - 1945 


France 


(Country) 


Page 4. 1.6 

Sheet / of 3 Sheets 


Media in French 
except where indicated 


A I MG 
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AMERICAN DEMOCRACY 
A. Physical -America 


B. Fighting America 


ALREADY PREPARED 
(In Use or Stockpi1e ) 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 

( 2 ) 


Facts about tho USA 
This is the USA 


These are America's Fighting 
Men 

Medal of Honor Winners 
Why We Fight 

US Army Insignia "Booklet 
US Army Insigria Poster 
ihgs of America 


C. Political America 


ow the US G-overmmert Works 
Documents of Liberty 
US Elections 


Democracy in the TTS(D*!Tcqueville)4S 


Roosevelt Cartoon Booklet 
?DJJ ?c r ttait.(?r 9 wp). . . 


D. Sociological Amerlcc 


E. Cultural America 


HI ST CRY CF THE WAR 

(1. Military 


A. Global(2.Political 

( 

( 

V 


<$.U.S, Part 

( 

( . 


What is an American 
(Crevecoeur) 

Music in the USA 


Since 1 
Jnited 


ations News Bulletin#) 


The People's War & the People' 
Peace 

Opportunity for Freedom 
lbs Right of People 


IS and the War 
Building a Ship 


B. European 


C. Pacific 


Battle of Africa 
attie of the Atlantic 
azl War Against the Catholic 
Church 


£ar in the Pacific 
Tarawa 


•undetermined 


ages 

(3) 

QUANT. 

(4) 

16 

>5.293 

48 

29 M 

24 

50 M 

40 

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59 ,bOO 

36 

208M 

1 

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24 

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32 


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24 


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28 


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16 

48 

32 

144 


72 


IN PREPARATION 
OR ON ORDER 
(Approved Projects') 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 

( 5 ) 


(pages 

(6) 


Map of the USA (poster) 
Rural America 


American Army in Europe 


20M 


50M 

20M 


Labor in the US 

Education in the US 


Education in the US 


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9M 

59,100 

19 M 


293, oop 
150 M 


50M 

74m 

20M 


100M War in the Pacific (revised, 

L45,50)M 


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(7) 


1 

und 


20QM 


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und 

und 


und 


20QM 


PLANNED BY BUREAU 

(If reoccuring shov monthly average) 

(If project already approved check Col. II) 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 

( 8 ) 


und 


und 


Rural America 
How US Public Opin. Functions 
Public Housing 
Cooperatives in the US 


und 


War in the Pacific Vol. II, 

Philippine Booklet 


ages 
(9) 


QUANT. 

( 10 ) 


APVD. 

(ID 


und 


und 

und 

und 

und 


200M 

und 


REGIONAL SPECIALIST'S 
RECOMMENDATIONS 


( 12 ) 


In view of constant re¬ 
quests from overseas, D 
and especially E, require 
more coverage. "The Rural 
American* project is to be 
encouraged, as vfll as any 
other substantial produc¬ 
tion on a similar tonic. 


In general, the coverage 
is good at present. Far¬ 
ther implementation should 
fellow the pattern of well- 
docuaented small hooka on 
similar topic*, e.g. "The 
Battle of the Oceana" pre¬ 
pared in German. 1 he pro¬ 
ject "Air War" is to be 
encouraged, perhaps fol¬ 
lowed by "Land War," both 
giving a global picture. 
Further material on the 
Pacific ahouid alao he 
prepared. 


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Media in French 
except wnere indicated 


A I MS 

THEMES 


HL 


D. Fr. Participation 


I ARTS & SCIENCE SINCE 

1939 

A. Science 

B. Technology 

C. Sociology 

D. Arts 


ALREADY PREPARED 

( I n Use or Stockp Me) 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTICN 

( 2 ) 


Sailors of the French Fleet 
Hommage des Nations Unies c 
la France 
France and the United Nations 


(3) 


QUANT. 

00 


IN PREPARATION 
OR ON ORDER 
(Approved Projects] 


32 

8 


50M 

75M 

161,odo 


Note: Quantities of nudieal publications will be inc 


within next few 


U.S.-FRENCH RELATIONS 
A. Cultural 


weeks. 


John*s Book 
Alphabet Primer 
Histoire d’une Amitie 
Villes Ameri caines d 8 Origin® 
Fraacaiss 

Christianity & Democracy 
(Maritain) 


reaseq 


28 

6 

8 


2 


zk 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 

(5) 


A. 

Control of Communicable 
Diseases 
Thermal Burns OVT I (English) 
Blood Plasma Program NRC-OffI 
Anti malarial drug3 NRC-OffI 
Ceys to the Mosquitoes of the 
Australian Region NRC-OSI 
Spontaneous Pneumothorax NRC- 
Penicillin 0871 

Primer on Arthritis(Macy-OUl) 
Studies on Relation of Clini¬ 
cal manifestations of Angina 
Pectoris, etc (Macy-Offl) 
Ant.hropod—Borne Diseases 
Symposium on Tropical Diseases 
(Macy-OWl) 

Symposium on Amputations 
(Macy-OTl) 

Syphilis (OWI) 

Gonorrhea (0\7I) 

Dentistry in the USA (GffX) 
Public Health reprints 
Mode of Action of Sulfonamides 
(Macy-Offl) 

Rehabilitation Manuals (3)^ If 
(5) Symposiums on Medical & 
Surgical Clinics of No.Ameri 
sine® I9U2 (Saunders-OffI) 


CJI 


( 6 ) 


und 




20M 

250M 

200M 


Lincoln md. France 

American Sources of LES DROITS 

DE L’HCMME 


9 g .75Q 

1935 

« 9 • 


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QUANT. 
(7) 


PLANNED BY BUREAU 

(If reoccur irtg show monthly average) 

(If project already appr oved check Col. II) 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 

( 8 ) 


(9) 


QUANT. 

( 10 ) 


50 M 

25 

25 

200 

200 

200 

200 

200 


200 

200 

200 

200 

£00 

200 

200 

50 

25 

200 


A. 

Industrial & Scientific 
Progress 
[JS Horaefront of Industry and 
Science 
The War to Save Life 
Arts, Sciences and Letters 

sine© 1939 
Dentistry in US (3) 

Diagnosis of Tuberculosis 
Treatment of Tuberculosis 
rachoma and Other Diseases 
of the Eye 

1 or more medical & surgical 
symposiums 


50M 


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n ni 


und 


APVD. 

(ID 


REGIONAL SPECIALIST'S 
RECOMMENDATIONS 


( 12 ) 


The topic is of great 
interest, and needs fur¬ 
ther implementation. Such 
topics as medical progress, 
new industrial techniques, 
economic transitions point 
the direction which such 
booklets, prepared in an 
authoritative mann er, 
should take. 


j No further work is sug- 
i gested, unless a speci- 
1 fic request is ®ad.e by 
the butpost. 


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OUTPOST DISTRIBUTION - BOOKLETS 

Up until February 1, both OWI & MOI booklets were distributed by a 
combined staff of the American & British agencies. Army facilities were 
used for a large part of the trucking & warehousing necessary, particu¬ 
larly the heavy transport to Lille, Rennes, Bordeaux, Limoges , Toulouse, 
Marseille, Lyons, Nancy, Moziere & Metz. Once delivered to these key 
points, the local Hachette agency, (French commercial distributors) dis¬ 
tributed the material in the surrounding area. OWI-MOI field representa¬ 
tives arranged when necessary for allocations of gas or for priorities 
or what motor or rail transport was available. Hachette, Paris, delivers 
for an area of 80-100 miles east & northeast of Paris. 

The distribution of all publications are gradually reverting to the 
parent agencies. No reports on methods or operations have been received 
of the final breakup in the joint distribution organization although it 
is known that the French commercial agency, Hachette, will handle the dis¬ 
tribution direct to the consumer. Commercial methods are used to trans¬ 
port the material to central points throughout France. 



















4. I. I I 


PART IV, SECTION IB - OWI PERIODICALS 
(From Long Range Operational Plan For France, Nov. 16, 1944) 

GUIDANCE 

FUTURE PRODUCTION 

Back numbers of OWI periodicals:, produced in New York and London, 
are on t.he whole not recommended for general distribution, since they 
are inevitably dated by the inclusion of discussions of material based 
on bygone conferences, etc. They should, however, be available for con¬ 
sultation at the Information Center. 

Periodicals printed and distributed by the OWI should begin im¬ 
mediately to reorient themselves, especially in the French edition, 
toward a straight informational role. 

I. U.S.A. - Should undergo considerable revision both in content and 
presentation. 

A. Content 

1. The proplarity of CHOIX in the sample poll in France indi¬ 
cated the need for the introduction of controversial material. This 
means drawing more extensively on articles from scholarly quarterlies 
and small circulation political and literary magazines. Some suggested 
topics suitable for all editions are: 

1. American Democracy m Action 


(a) 

Labor problems in a democracy. 


(b) 

Progressive education. 


(c) 

Inflation. 


(d) 

The preservation of civil liberties 

in wartime. 

(e) 

Price control. 


(f) 

Taxation. 


(g) 

Minimum wages and price ceilings. 


(h) 

Migration of population. 


(i) 

Women in industry. 


(j) 

C onservation. 


(k) 

Anti-trust proceedings. 


(1) 

Housing. 


The 

History of the War. 


(a) 

The Far East 


4 c hievement s m Science Through and Since 

i 939 

(a) 

Social and group medicine. 


(b) 

War surgery. 


Relations with France should form the subject of 

specially regionalized articles. 


A me 

rica's policy and role in the post-war 

world. 

GO 

International postwar security. 


(b) 

The Western Hemisphere. 



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II. Signed articles by prominent authors should be sought. 

III. Selections from current books would be preferable to excerpts from 
American classics. Quotations from reviews of the books selected should 
be included on occasion. 

IV. The occasional inclusion of cartoons would help to liven USA. 

V. The popularity of poetry among French readers presents the pos¬ 
sibility of including both poetry and creative writing of other types in 
USA. Translation of poetry is optional, since material in English may 
heighten interest. 

B. Format 

1. The name of USA should be changed to one with fewer propa¬ 
ganda implications. 

2. The magazine should be stripped of all resemblance to a 
hand-out. The possibility of replacing the present picture cover by 
cover listing the most important articles should be examined. 

3.. If technically feasible, the magazine should be expanded 
considerably. This will permit the inclusion of more articles in com¬ 
plete form, or in extensive extracts rather than as digest, which French 
readers do not like. 

4. The magazine should be printed on bulkier paper of more 
standard type than that now used. 

III. VICTORY 

Victory is apparently very popular in France and needs little 
revision in format. The principal suggestion for the French edition is 
a greater proportion of text to pictures - about 6CK text to about 4(H 
pictures. Those photographs which are used should increase the emphasis 
on people shown in simple informal settings. 

Scientific articles should be of high quality and arouse general 

interes t. 

IV. PHOTO REVIEW 

Photo Review material is published under the title of VOIR for 
distribution in France, and is well received. VOIR could, however, fill 
a greater informational role by striking the kind of balance in content 
shown in Photo Review Americana material. 

These needs could be supplied through the preparation in New 
York of picture stories of a somewhat more expository nature. Many of 
the topics suggested for USA could be adapted to picture treatment in a 
manner slightly different from the usual Photo Review methods, in the 
form of picture essays. Such topics as housing, union activities, 
developments in education, mechanics of government in the United States, 


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group medicine, etc. might be well adapted to such treatment. Increas¬ 
ingly less space can be devoted to military action, except for the Pacif¬ 
ic, thus permitting more attention to peacetime topics of a type which 
will help explain America to French audiences. A greater attempt should 
be made to present a more complete cross-section of our population, es¬ 
pecially in group pictures. 


i 





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pa g e 4.1.1 4 


PRODUCTION 0 F OWI Period icala 


_T 0 IMPLEMENT POLICY FOR France 


(Me d i um) 

New York - Overseas Publications 

date prepared: April 19^5 PROGRAM FOR BALANCE OF FISCAL YEAR 1944 - 1945 


(Country) 


Sheet_! —of 1 Sheet; 


AIMS 

THEMES 


ILL 


ALREADY PREPARED 

(In Use or StockpIle ) 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 

( 2 ) 


(3) 


QUANT. 

(4) 


IN PREPARATION 
OR ON ORDER 
(Approved Projects) 


TITLE OR 


DESCR 

(5) 


PT I ON 


( 6 ) 


QUANT. 
(7) 


PLANNED BY BUREAU 

(If reoccuring show monthly average) 

(If project already approved check Col. II) 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 
( 8 ) 


(9) 


QUANT. 

( 10 ) 


APVD 

(II) 


OWI PERIODICALS COVER 
ALL THEMES 


USA, Vol. 2. No. 9 

USA, Vol. 1. No. 11 

USA, Vol. 1. No. 10 

USA, Vol. 2. No. 1 

USA, Vol. 2. No. 1 

USA, Vol. 2. No. 2 

USA, Vol. 2, No. 2 

USA Vol. 2 No. 3 


French 9>500 
8,30) 
10 , 00 ) 
50,00) 
:2nglishl0,00) 
French 65 ,0)0 
Eng. 10,0)0 

Prenoh 150 ,CKO 


Victory, Vol. 
Victory, Vol, 
Victory, Vol. 
Victory, Vol. 
Victory, Vol. 


2 No. 2 

2 No. 5 
2 NO. 4- 

2 No. 5 

2 No. 6 


French 110, 


Photo Review (Bi-Monthly servicing 


of French edition Voir, published in 


USA Vol. 2 No. 4 
USA Vol. 2 No. 5 


j'renoi 


175,040 

200 , 


►Q 


)00 


London.) 


)OUSA Vol. 
USA Vol. 
USA Vol. 
USA Vol. 
USA Vol. 
USA Vol. 
USA Vol. 


6 

7 


No. 
No. 
No. 8 
No. 9 
No. 
No. 
No. 


10 

11 

12 


300,000 

500,000 

500,000 

500,000 

500,000 

500,000 

500,000 


Although theggr magazines 
will have a P$?an®h edition, 
please note that absolutely 
no distributism Ijx metro¬ 
politan Prana© is ^planned , 


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U. I . 15 


"CHOIX” 


POLICY IMPLEMENTATION FOR FRANCE 

COVERING THE ISSUES CIRCULATED IN FRANCE 


Analysis of "Choix" will be supplied later. 




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* U.S. A." 



JANUARY 1# 1»4« 


Page U.1.16 


POLICY IMPLEMENTATION 70S PRANCE 


COVll IBC THf\lSSllIS PUBLISHED I I FRENCH 


completed 



AM3IRT CAW 

DEMOCRACY 


Physical America 


fighting America 


Working America 


Political America 


Social America 


Seattle II-3 
New England II- 1 * 


Ernie Pyle’e War II-3 
Navy’s Seabeee II-U 


U.8. Labor II-5 

Management and Labor Cooperate 11-8 
U.S. Government and the Farmer XI-8 


Rebirth of the American Union II-3 
Crusader for Common Sense II- 1 * 

How the U.S. la Governed II-3 
At the Polls - 19UU II- 1 * 


Cross Country Traveler II-4 U.S. Labor IT-8 

TVA - Demooraoy om the Maroh II-4 
U.S. Ooveroment and the Farmer II-8 
Msnsf.emsnt and Labor Cooperate 11-8 


JN PREPARATION 


Six States of lew England II-6 Middle West II-S Far West II-6 
Middle Atlastle States II-6 Great Plains 11-6 South II-6 
Mississippi River Il-fl lorthwest II-6 

Regional Amerioa II-6 Southwest II-6 

Maps of the U.8. II-6 Hollywood II-6 


letlonal Album II-6 

U.S. Cities Plan for Futura II-6 

Paopla of the U.S. II-6 

Town om 8aaooast I1-6 

Pattams of Amerioan Folklore 11-6 




HISTORY 07 

THE-WAR 


Military 


War Msps are Weapons II-S 


Global Politic. 

,US Part. 

European Phase 


The People are Indivisible II-6 


Meeeage by Marshall II-8 


Ernie Pyle'e War II-8 


Protecting Europe's Art Treasures II-5 


Pacific Phase 


Aerial Invasion of Surma II-S 
Japanu Fatal Mi aeal eolations 11-4 


Target Tokyo I1-6 


k 7rench Particip. 


ACHIEVEMENTS IN 


ARTS. SCIENCE 


Sclence 


Technology 


Arts 


Sociology 


Uedloal Telesoopes II-8 

Medioine on the Fighting Frants II-S 

Mew in Medioine II-4 


Plant Hunters II-6 
Explorer of 8tare 11-6 


Growing a lew World 11-2 
Engineering for Modern Living II-S 
Hard Woods from Soft II-S 
TVA - Democracy on the Maroh II-4 


Call of the Wild (J. London) II-2 Philosophy in Amerioa II-1 

Koueeevlteky and American Composers II-h American Theatre II-3 

Big Two-Hearted Fiver (Hemingway) II-U Cartoon Front II-U 

Books In the Post-War World II-U 

Thomas Craven II-3 

Peter Hurd II-U 

Three Men named James II-3 


Sketchas of an Eooentrio II-6 Another April - Jesse Stuart II-6 

Placid Op possum II-6 George Bingham II-6 

Edith Wharton, Ethan Frame II-5 

John 81oan II-6 

8ong of Broadaxe 


U.S. - TRENCH 

REhl/PTOWa 


Cultural 


k Mllitary 


Audubon II-2 

French Institute In the U.S. II-3 
Sarah Bernhardt In America II-3 
La Salle II-U 


Ceaanne and Whitman 11-6 


AMERICA IN 
POST WAR WORLD 


Document8 & 
Statement® 


Monthly Massage II-S 
Monthly Massage II-♦ 


Planning £ 

DisouBsion 


Education - A link between ftaitlone II-U 


United Nations Peace Plan II-6 


MISCELLANEOUS 


I ■ M A 1 K I 


SAMPLE POLLS INDICATE THE NEED FOB THE INTRODUCTION OF MOWS CONTRO¬ 
VERSIAL MATERIAL ON TOPICS DEALING WITH ECONOMICS AID THR SOCIAL 
semen. INFLATION CONTROL, CIVIL LIBERTIES, GOVERNMENT NBOULATIQB 
CT I ND US T R Y, HOUSING, ARE A FEW TOPICS WORTH IMPIXMETTIBG UNDER 

1CAI DODCSACT. ALIHXJOH LIGHT COVERAGE 07 WAR Ml T« 

■" 1 “ “ - — — - • • • • 



. . . JUSTIFIED BT THE NATURE OF THE MEDIUM, IT WOULD SEEM ADVI- 

SABL* TO PROVIDE MORE FACTUAL MATERIAL ON THE PACIFIC. SCIENCE 
ARTICLES OW GROUP MEDICINE, WAR SURGERY, ETC WOULD BE USEFUL. 
ttCIOMALIEED ARTICLES SHOULD DISCUSS RELATIONS WITH FRANCE. 

11 TO PONT Oft WOMLD SHOULD EMPHASISE THE WESTERN HEMISPHDB 







































































PRODUCTION OF. 

date prepared: April 1945 


UVil Periodicals 


.TO IMPLEMENT POLICY FOR 


(Me dium) 

PROGRAM FOR BALANCE OF FfSCAL YEAR 1944 - 1945 


.I’RANCg 


Page.JiJ_L7 


(Country) 

Produced in London 


Sheet 


of. 


.Sheets 


AIMS 

THEMES 


ILL 


ALREADY PREPARED 
(In Use or Stockpi1e ) 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 

( 2 ) 


% ?U AT 


on 

Voir ■= Issue No. 4 
Voir ~ Issue No. 6 
Voir - Issue No. 8 
Voir - Issue No. 10 
Voir - Issue No. 12 
Voir - Issue No. 11 
Voir ~ Issue No 
Voir «=> Issue No 
Voir - Issue No. 15 


2 


Issue No. l6 
Issue No. 17 
Issue No, 18 
Issue No. 19 
Issue No. 20 
Issue No. 21 
Issue No. 2d 
••Voir -= Issue No. 23 


♦Voir 

•Voir 

♦Voir 

♦Voir 

♦♦Voir 

♦•Voir 

•*Voir 


JOINT GWI-MOI PRODUCTIONS 

Choi?, No. 1 
Ghoix, No. 2 
Choix* No 
Cfaoix, No 


ohoix. 


Sol 5 


38M 

92M 

185* 

175* 

now 

175M 


X2QM 


35 * 

800 


2QQ* 

250 h 


300N 

30GJn 

300i 

300& 
3001 
300& 
300k 


14Q& 

26 lV 

260k 

S11A 


IN PREPARATION 
OR ON ORDER 
(Approved Projects} 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 
( 5 ) 


Voir is a regularly issued 
magazine, appearing bimonthly 
and issues are continually in 
preparation. 


Ohoix is a regularly issued 
magazine, appearing bimonthly 
and issues are continually in 
pre caration. 


NOTE: •of these. 50.000 went 
••Distribution cut to 
Inf0mat ion, because 


( 6 ) 


QUANT. 

( 7 ) 


7 '\ 


:o Belg 
000 


turn 


PLANNED bY BUREAU 

(If reoccuring show monthly average) 

(If project already approved check Col. II) 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 
( 8 ) 


Plans to be discussed with 
Paris Office by Area Outmost 
Manager. 


( 9 ) 


QUANT. 

APVD. 

(10) 

(II) 


or Paris at request of French Minis 
of French super shortage. 


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4. I. 18 


OUTPOST DISTRIBUTION OF PERIODICALS 


TITLE 


SOURCE 


DESCRIPTION 


Voir 


N. Y. Raw Material with Picture magazines 

London additions. London with emphasis on 
editing, Paris and London longish articles 
printing. 


USA 


New York 


Small size, articles, 
digest-type. 


VICTORY 


New York 


Slick, luxury 
pictures and text 


Up until February 1, 1945, the distribution of OWI periodicals in France 
was handled by the same joint OWI-MOI unit as the booklets. 

At the beginning of February, the two agencies split apart, and 
agreed that henceforth each would handle its own material. Under this 
arrangement:. Voir, USA, Victory is distributed through Hachette:, the 
commercial agency. Under contract, the firm sells the publications to 
the French public at regular newstands & Kiosks. 

To stimulate interest, free samples of the periodicals are going 
regularly to 71 French newspapers, magazines, literary critics and in¬ 
fluential authorities. Included in this service is Shoix, the joint 
OWI-MOI monthly of reprints, which continues to be a joint project. 


* 


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4a.19 


PART IV, SECTION IC - BOOKS 


OPERATION GUIDANCE 

(Taken From Long Range Operational Plan For France, Nov. 16, 1944) 


I. PAST PRODUCTION 

Under the program of the Overseas Editions, 31 books have been or 
are being prepared for translation into French. (See page 51 for list.) 

The approval of this list was based on the information content of the 
books in question. They are therefore suitable for distribution as 
available, and should be placed on sale through French agencies. 

The books, stockpiled in London and printed in French by French 
publishers in New York and London, should be distributed as available:, 
until such time as norman French publishing activity is resumed. 

II. FUTURE PRODUCTION 

In the future, OWI book operations will be increasingly those of a 
service function. 

If the present translation program continues, emphasis in the ma¬ 
terial chosen for translation into French should shift to books of high 
literary value, or serious works which project controversial issues or 
American problems for the French audience in a way which shows our de¬ 
termination to solve them peacefully and effectively. 

The book service operations will break down into two broad categories, 
as follows: 

A. Service on requests initiated by French agencies 

It is to be expected that as French publishing activity is resumed 
there will be an increased volume of requests for copyright clearances. 
These should be granted liberally excluding only those books which are 
one-sided and malicious in their nresentation of the United States-and 
the Allied cause. Microfilm service reauests should be restricted to 
books of high literary or scholarly merit or those which would be help¬ 
ful in promoting France-American amity while such facilities continue to 
be limited. 

B. Services initiated by OWI and the Information Center 

Books in English supplied to professional groups and libraries by 
the OWI on its own initiative should in all cases represent the best 
available treatment of the particular subject, with ample consideration 
to controversial topics. These books, rigorously excluding any which at- 
temp to "sell" ideas to the French, fall into four broad groups: 

1. Scientific and professional publications. 

a. Hard factual material: yearbooks, almanacs, atlases, 
catlogues scientific and professional annuals, etc. 


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4 . 1*20 


,b. Scholarly interpretations of recent trends and develop¬ 
ments by authors of high standing in their fields - states¬ 
men, scientists, journalists, etc. 

c. Periodicals in these fields. 

d. Presentation of challenging theories in these fields. 

2. Books on serious topics written for the laymen rather than 
for the professional. 

3. Fiction and creative writing, especially works which have 
appeared in the past 5 years. Outstanding recent children's literature, 
especially if it also has an informational value. 

4. Official documents and publications of U.S. Government 
Agencies or leading research institutions, etc. 

The proposals for the Fall Exhibit in Paris provide many sug¬ 
gestions for topics of interest to French readers. The reference room 
of this exhibit should be well stocked with prominent American works in 
fields related to those covered by the exhibit. 

The same procedure should be followed for future exhibits. If 
possible, arrangements should be made whereby interested persons can 
ask the help of the Information Center in securing copies of these or 
other books . 


For details regarding books see “ Basic Plan for Books" dated 
September 20, 1944, in Media Reference File - See Appendix. 



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PRODUCTION 0 F Books - Overseas Editions 


(Medium) 


.TO IMPLEMENT POLICY FOR. 


Franca 


Page 


4 . 1.21 


(Country) 


, 4TE prepared: February 19^5 PROGRAM FOR BALANCE OF FISCAL YEAR 1944 - 1945 


S heet 1 of-1_3 heet! 


A IMS 
THEMES 


ALREADY PREPARED 

(In Use or Stockpl1e) 


ILL 


1. AMERICAS DEMOCRACY 
B. Fitting America 


D. Political America 


E. Social America 


2. HIS TORI OF THE WAR 


A. D.S.Participation 


C. Pacific Phase 



3. ACHIEVafflSTS IS ARTS 


SCIENCE 
A. Science 

D. Arte 


5. AMERICA IS POST-WAR 


fc. Planning & Discuision 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 

( 2 ) 


WORLD 


(3) 


QUANT. 

(4) 


IN PREPARATION 
OR ON ORDER 
(Approved Projects’) 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 
(5) 


OVERSEAS EDITIONS 


BOMBS AWAY (John Stein Deck) 
CAPTAIN RETREAD (Donald 

Hough) 

A WALK IN THE SOS 

(Harry Brown) 

GI JOE (Ernie Pyle) 


POCKET HISTORY OF D.S. 
(revised) (Commager A Kevins 
CITIZEN TOM PAINE (Fast) 
THOMAS JEFFERSON (Chinard) 



HOW AMERICA LIVES (Furnas) 
YANKEE FROM OLYMPUS (Bowsn) 
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER 
(Rackhaa Holt) 


AMERICAN HIGH COMMAND 
REPORT (Marshall, King, 
Arnold) 


REPORT FROM TOKYO (Grew) 
to™ THERE WAS ONE (Bums) 
TARAWA (Robert Sherrod) 
JAPAN (Fortune, April 19^) 
THE RAFT (Robert Trumbull) 


MEN OF SCIENCE IN AMERICA 
(Bernard Jaffe) 

BOY ON HORSEBACK (Steffens) 
SBDDB0N (Constance Rooirke) 



THE ROAD TO TEHERAN (Dullee' 
U.S. WAR AIMS & U.S. FOREIGN 
POLICY (Walter Lippmann) 

HOW NEW WILL THE BETTER 
WORLD BE? (Carl Becker) 


( 6 ) 


QUANT. 
(7) 


« 50,000 

* 


NO HK TOKfi PRODUCTION PLANNED 


It 

n 


H 

N 

N 


N 

N 

N 


tt 

tt 

tt 

« 

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tt 

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tt 


PLANNED BY BUREAU 

(If reoccuring show monthly average) 

(If project already approved check Col. II) 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 
( 8 ) 


(9) 


QUANT. 

( 10 ) 


ARYD 

(ID 


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PRODUCTION OF — BOOKS - Produced in London _ TO IMPLEMENT POLICY FOR frawhtc P*ge 

(Medlum > (Country) 


date prepared: February, 19^5 PROGRAM FOR BALANCE OF FISCAL YEAR 1944 - 1945 Sheet_l_of_l _ Sheets 


AIMS 

THEMES 

ALREADY PREPARED 
(1n Use or Stockp i le ) 

IN PREPARATION 

OR ON ORDER 
(Approved Projects) 

PLANNED BY BUREAU 

(If reoccuring show monthly average) 

(If project already approved check Col. II) 

(1) 

T1 TIE OR DESCR1PT1 ON 

(2) 

(3) 

QUANT. 

(4) 

TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 

(5) 

(6) 

QUANT, 

(7) 

TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 
(8) 

(9) 

QUANT, l 

(10) 

kPVD. 

(II) 

1 . AMERICAN DEMOCRACY 

D. Political America 

BOOKS FOR SALE: 

(Lee Editions Transatlantique ) 
London Production 

AMERICA (Benet) 

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (Van Doren) 
TIME FOR GREATNESS (Agar) 


tO M 
40 M 
30 M 

NONE 



NO FURTHER PRODUCTION PLANNED 




E. Social America 

AMERICA (Benet) 

TVA (Lilienthal) 

TVA (Huxley) 

ONE MAN'S MEAT (White) 

TIME FOR GREATNESS (Agar) 


40 M 
30 M 
30 M 








2. HISTORY OF THE WAR 

A. Global: U. S. Par¬ 
ticipation 

LEND-LEASE ( Stettinius ) 


tO M 








C . Pacific Phase 

INTO THE VALLEY (Hersey) 

STORY OF DR. WAS SELL (Hilton) 
THE NAVY'S WAR (pratt) 


tO M 
30 M 
30 M 








3 • ACHIEVEMENTS IN ARTS, 











SCIENCE 











B. Technology 

TVA (Lilienthal) 

TVA (Huxley) 










D. Sociology 

TVA (Lilienthal) 

TVA (Huxley) 










C . Arts 

ONE MAN'S MEAT (White) 










5- AMERICAN IN POSTWAR 
WORLD 











Planning and Dis¬ 
cussion 

TIME FOR GREATNESS (Agar) 






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4.1.23 


BOOK D I STR I BUT I ON PROGRAM 


UJ 

<-> CY' 



QUANTITY 

REFEREN 
NUMB El 

LIST TITLE IF SELECTED 
OTHERWISE THEME OR 

CATEGORY OF EACH BOOK 

LANGUAGE 

SH1PPED 

OR 

STOCKPI LED 

ON 

ORDER 

TO BE 

ORDERED 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(*) 

(5) 

(6) 


BOOKS FOR OVERSEAS SALE 

ENGLISH 

55,000 




PURCHASED IN NEW YORK 


STOCKPILED IN 




214 TITLES 


LONDON 




American History - 18 titles 
Americana - 30 titles 

Anthologies - 17 t itles 

D ictionaries 

and Grammars - 14 titles 
Encyclopedias - 4 titles 

European War - 19 titles 

Literary Classics - 47 titles 
Miscellaneous - 21 titles 

Pac ific war - 20 t itles 

Ph i 1osophy - 5 titles 

Science and Medicine - 19 titles 

• 





BOOKS FOR OVERSEAS SALE 


10,000 




PURCHASED IN LONDON 


STOCKPILED IN 




11 TITLES 


LONDON 




Target: Germany 

General Marshall Report 

Famous American Men of Science 

Ethan Frome 

Modern American Short Stories 

Forever Freedom 

Lend- Lease 

Here Lies 

While Rome Burns 

Tva: Democracy on the March 

Smoky 

j 



O 



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4. 1.24 


OUTPOST DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS 

In keeping with the operational guidance, OWI hook operations are 
increasingly those of a service function. The actual distribution or 
sale of ^poks is a minor part of the operations. The activities of the 
USIS will be as follows: 

A. Services to French publishers: 

1. Careful attention to their requests for reading copies and 
the acquisition of copyrights of American books. Full 
cooperation with the Ministry of Information and representa¬ 
tives of publishing industry make such activities free. 

2. In magazine field, editorial advice and assistance in ob¬ 
taining material from and on the United States. From 
criticism of favoritism. 

3. Transmission of French titles to America for forwarding to 
American publishers for possible publications.* 

4. General information about trends in American literature, new 
theories and practices in publishing, and news of current 
and forthcoming books. Literary and trade magazines, and 
publishers' catalogues are made available to the French 
trade. 

5. Provide official answers to French publishers (both magazine 
and book) on the possibility of USIS assistance in obtaining 
licenses and the paper necessary for resumption or inaugura¬ 
tion of their businesses. To aid in this, an inventory of 
the French paper situation is needed, and only when it is 
completed the production potential for the new two years 
estimated, and the tonnage to be shipped by OWI is known, 
can any decision be made on diversion of paper to French 
publishers. 

B. Distribution of OWI Books. 

Editions Transatlantiques, produced in London, and the Over¬ 
seas Editions, produced by New York, are sold to the French 
public at a price somewhere between the cost and the current 
French market. The actual distribution is handled by the com¬ 
mercial agency "Hatchette". 


P * m u rt u° f J him WOFk ’ the S y ndicat de • EditevrM has been asked to make a collection 

J y rm / r 9 a Zu tati , r *S**" plea o{ French Polishing during the occupation, in - 
eluding work from the clandestine presses. 


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4 . 1.25 


PART IV, SECTION ID - LIBRARY PROGRAM - OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE 


No Information 


8-4487-p7B-bu 


4 . 1.26 


LIBRARY PROGRAM 


UJ 



cc: 


(i) 


QUANTITY OF EACH CATEGORY 


LIST BY CATEGORIES ONLY - SUCH 
AS HISTORY, WAR, ART, MEDICINE, 
ENGINEERING, ETC. 


AT 

OUTPOST 


STOCKPILED 


TO BE 
SELECTED 


CONT I NUOUS 
MONTHLY 
SERV ICE 


( 2 ) 


(3) 


00 


(5) 


( 6 ) 


1 


Basic Americana - For the U. S. 
Information Library in Paris 
A 579 volume collection for the 
following categories emphasizing 
the years of 1940-44.. 


378 

shipped 
Dec. 1944 
Jan. 1945 


Balance of 
set on 
order to 

be shipped 
Jan. 1945 


100 

add itional 
t it 1 es 


Philosophy - 

4 

volumes 

Religion - 

5 

If 

Social Sciences 

150 

N 

Useful Arts and 

Applied Sc iences - 

80 

N 

Fine Arts 

71 

IT 

Literature - 

72 

n 

History - 

55 

N 

Biography - 

27 

IT 

World War II 

107 

IT 

Fiction - 

8 

n 


5 7 9 V o1ume s 


FOR DETAILS OF EACH CATEGORY SEE BASIC AMERICANA, MEDIA REFERENCE FILE (See Appendix) 


2 4 sets of the above collection 

for other outposts in France 


2,316 

volumes on 
order 


50 titles 
per outpost: 
200 volumes 


3 


Basic Reference Books for the 
U. S. Information Library in 
Paris 


4 


Basic Reference Books: 

105 titles for each of 6 
Information Service Units now 
in Paris, 4 of which will go 
to new outposts. 


630 volumes 


5 


Science and Industry 
250 titles: 

Science - 115 titles 
Industry - 135 ■ 

5 set s 


100 


50 per set: Renewal of 
300 volumesannuals, etc. 


To be 
ordered: 

250 titles 
per set 
1,250 
volumes 


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4 . 1.27 


LIBRARY PROGRAM (Cont'd) 


UJ 

Z CC 

5“ LIST BY CATEGORIES ONLY - SUCH 
£§ A S HISTORY, WAR, ART, MEDICINE, 
iNGINEERING, ETC. 

(1) (2) 

QUANTITY OF EACH CATEGORY 

AT 

OUTPOST 

(3) 

STOCKPILED 

00 

TO BE 

SELECTED 

(5) 

CONTINUOUS 

MONTHLY 

SERV ICE 
(6) 

Aviation 7 

Agriculture 

General 3 

Food Product ion 3 

1rrigation 4 

Veterinary Science 10 

BuiId ing 

General 12 

Bridges 4 

Highways 3 

Sewage 2 

Strength of Mat. 3 

Surveying 4 

Ceramics 2 

Chemistry 22 

Electricity 27 

Freezing 4 Dehyd, 5 

Heat 11 

Hydraulics 15 

Mechanics 25 

Medicine 23 

Metal 1 urgy, 

Geol. 4 Min. 

Metallurgy 18 

Geology 9 

Mineralogy 3 

Nursing 4 

Physics 7 

plastics 7 

Pub 1 Ic Health 5 

Wood Ind. 4 Forestry 5 

Workshop Practice 7 

T 50 ’ 

FOR DETAILS OF EACH CATEGORY SEE BOO 

6 Engineering, Architecture, 
Aeronautics and Metallurgy: 

280 t Itles 

KS OR SC 1 ENG 

E AND IN DUST! 

rt , h Ct> 1 A P RE 

To Be 
ordered 
280 titles 
per set: 

1,4 00 volumes 

FERENCE FILE 


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4 .1 .28 


LIBRARY PROGRAM (Cont'd) 


UJ 

“S 

UJ 

QL 

(1) 

LIST BY CATEGORIES ONLY - SUCH 
AS HISTORY, WAR, ART, MEDICINE, 
ENGINEERING, ETC. 

(2) 

QUANTITY OF EACH CATEGORY 

AT 

OUTPOST 

(3) 

STOCKPI LED 

(4) 

TO BE 

SELECTED 

(5) 

CONTINUOUS 

MONTHLY 

SERV ICE 
(6) 


Elec Engineering - 71 titles 
Civil Engineering 

A Architecture - 46 titles 
Mech. Engineering 
& Aeronautics - 58 titles 
Chem. Engineering 

A Metallurgy - 98 titles 

Miscellaneous - 8 titles 

5 sets * 






FOR DETAILS OF EACH CATEGORY SEE MEDIA REFERENCE FILE - "List of Important 
Technical Books Published in the United States 1940-1944" 


OR U. S. 1nformation 

Library 

in Paris: Books on 

Radio: 

TITLES 

H istory 

4 

Radio Broadcasting 
Writ. & Prod, for 

11 

Rad i o 

17 

Radio Plays 

20 

Technical A Scientific 

Aspects 

27 

Television 

8 

Radio A the War 

5 

Education in Radio 

1 

Biog raphy 

4 

Period icals 

7 


To Be 
ordered: 
100 


TOTALS 104 

FOR DETAILS OF EACH CATEGORY SEE BOOKS ON RADIO, MEDIA REFERENCE FILE 


8 


FOR Four Outposts: 
Books on Rad i o 


Categories listed above 


To Be 
ordered 
50 per 
Out post 
200 volumes 




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4 .1.29 


LIBRARY PROGRAM (Cont'd) 


UJ 

Z 01 

LIST BY CATEGORIES ONLY - SUCH 

QUANTITY 

OF EACH CATEGORY 


Li- z 
LaJ 

cc 

AS HISTORY, WAR, ART, MEDICINE, 
ENGINEERING, ETC. 

AT 

OUTPOST 

STOCKPI 

LED 

TO BE 

SELECTED 

CONT1NUOUS 

MONTHLY 

SERVICE 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

OO 


(5) 

(6) 

9 

For Paris and four Outposts: 




5 sets 



Materials File Bibliography 
Supplement No. 1 and 




5 sets 



Supplement No. 2 




5 sets 



FOR DETAILS SEE MEDIA REFERENCE 

[FILE 





10 

For Paris and four Outposts: 







Medical Books 




600 volumes 



TO BE SELECTED FROM LISTING IN 







MEDIA REFERENCE FILE 
"Important Research Books in 
Science Published in the 
United States 1940-1944." 






11 

For U. S. -1 nformat i on 




To Be 



Library - Paris: 




ordered 



Library Reference Tools 




161 items 



TO BE SELECTED FROM LISTING IN 







MEDIA REFERENCE F1LE 

"Librarian's Professional A 

Reference Tools." 






12 

For four Outposts: 




100 items 



Library Reference Tools 




per Outpost 



TO BE SELECTED FROM LISTING IN 

MEDIA REFERENCE F 1 LE, 




Total 

400 items 



"Librarian's Professional & 







Reference Tools." 







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4.1»3 0 


OUTPOST LIBRARY PROGRAM 

An information center unit, one of the 20-odd sent to London for the 
continent, form the nucleus of the Paris Library at present called the 
Documentation Center. Located on the first floor of the 17 Boulevard 
des Capucines, facing the Place de 1’Opera, it is convenient to most 
Parisians and makes available to them background material on the United 
States, events since 1939, and presents small exhibits on specific phases 
of America. 

To provide an adequate picture of the United States, the Center uses 
the reference books, annuals, dictionaries, government pamphlets and 
background features of the original information unit; continual addi¬ 
tions are to be sent from New York, some at Paris requests and some de¬ 
termined by the Book Section of the Publications Bureau in New York. 

News and Features supplies the Center from New York with reprints and 
tear-sheets of scientific and medical articles, as well as clips of 
general interest. 

Microfilm of the last four years and of current issues of the N.Y. 
Times, Christian Science Monitor, Life, Newsweek, Time are available as 
well as incomplete files (also microfilm) of such magazines as the 
Foreign Political Report, Foreign Political Bulletin, Far Eastern Survey, 
Fortune, New Yorker, Foreign Affairs, Atlantic Monthly, Harpers, Readers’ 
Digest, etc. 

Files of regular copies of 9 Nation-wide Newspapers and the out¬ 
standing Magazine are to be maintained by the Center. 

Working with the educational and cultural liaison personnel of USIS, 
the Center determines which periodicals deserve priority in ordering and 
delivery; scientific and learned publications are most needed by the 
French, and consequently the Center concentrates on those. 

A collection of between 400 and 500 representative American books, 
chosen by the Book Section in New York, is another feature of the 
Center. 

Copies of all French books published in the United States during the 
past four or five years are made available to the French public through 
the Center. 

It must be pointed out that the Center will not act as a lending 
library; rather it is a center for research and study, with its clients 
coming to its quarters to obtain their information. This system was 
adopted as the best in view of the limitation on the Center’s facilities 
and the success of the American Library in London, many of whose methods 
the Paris Center follows. 

Close coordination exists between the General Services Division and 
Press, Pictorial and Radio Division so that contacts built up by one or 
the other are developed to the fullest extent. 




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4.1 .31 


PART IV, SECTION IE MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS 
OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE 

American magazines and newspapers are being sent to France for two 
purposes: (1) for the information of OWI personnel and (2) for the 

information of the patrons of the U. S. Information Libraries. American 
periodicals are considered of fundamental importance in projecting 
cultural and technical progress of contemporary America and in supplying 
the wide variety of information of which the French have been deprived 
during the past five years. 


8-4487-p81-bu 


4.1.32 


MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS FOR OUTPOSTS 


UJ 



LU 

cr 


(i) 


1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 
9 

10 


1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 
9 


10 

11 


TIT LES 


NUMBER OF SUBSCRIPTIONS 


NOW SENT 
TO PRESENT 
OUTPOSTS 


STOCKPI LE 


SERV ICE 
TO NEW 
OUTPOSTS 


( 2 ) 


NEWSPAPERS - PAR IS 

New York Times 
New York Herald Tribune 
New York Daily News 
New York Evening Post 
P. M. 

The New York Sun 

St. Louis Post Dispatch 

Ch icago Tr ibune 

San Francisco Chronicle 

Washington Post 


6 

6 

1 

1 

1 

1 

6 

6 

6 

6 


(3) 


copies 

n 

copy 

n 


copies 


ii 


00 


(5) 

2 subs for 
each of 4 
out posts 
8 subs 
8 subs 
8 subs 
8 subs 
8 subs 
8 subs 
8 subs 
8 subs 
8 subs 
8 subs 


MAGAZINES - PARIS 


Life 
Nation 
Newsweek 
Time 

New York Times Overseas Weekly 
Book Review Digest 
Pub!ishers* Weekly 
Cumulative Book Index 
8 General Magazines 
National Geog raph ic 
Harper's Magazine 
Survey Graphic 
Virginia Quarterly Review 
Fort une 

Foreign Affairs 

Saturday Review of Literature 

New Yorker 

26 Radio, Engineering and Technical 
Journals 

8 Medical Journals 
War Medicine 

Journal of the American Medical 
Association ( 2 ) 

Annals of Surgery 


16 

24 

20 

20 

40 

2 

1 

2 

50 


copies 


copy 

copies 

H 


1 copy 
1 




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4.1.33 


MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS FOR OUTPOSTS (Cont'd) 




NUMBER 

OF SUBSCRIPTIONS 

o ^ 







NOW SENT 


SERVICE 

^ z 

UJ 

o: 

T ITLES 

TO PRESENT 

OUTPOSTS 

STOCKPI LE 

TO NEW 

OUTPOSTS 

(i). 

(2) 

(3) 

OO 

(5) 


American Journal of the Medical Sciences 

American Review of Tuberculosis 

Medical Times 

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 




12 

16 Business publications 

1 copy 



13 

6 Women's Magazines 

1 copy 




Good Housekeeping 

Harper's Bazaar 

House Beautiful 

Glamour 

Independent Woman 

Ladies Home Journal 





For U. S. Information Library in Paris 




14 

Magazines to be selected from basic list 





of "Periodicals for the London Library". 



300 subs 

15 

For four Outposts: Magazines to be 



150 per 


selected from basic list of "Periodicals 



Out post 


for the London Library". 



600 subs 


\ 


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4 olo34 


OUTPOST DISTRIBUTION OF MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS 

Since the first days of the liberation of France, it has been ap¬ 
parent that one of the best informational aids at hand for our program 
is the range of American periodicals. The earlier feeling that im¬ 
porting American magazines and newspapers would be resented by the 
French, struggling to revive their own publications has been disproven. 

On the contrary, the hunger for news that is obviously not prepared 
propaganda is such that any commercial interests resentment is engulfed 
and disappears. 

Copies of Time, the Nation, Life anything designed for the American 
public, and used in France only secondarily seem to the French to pre¬ 
sent truest and least biased picture of the world they are trying 
earnestly to catch up with. 

Thus, bulk imports of weekly and monthly periodicals, and at least 
fairly large shipments of daily newspapers are important projects to be 
developed by USIS. 

During the first months of 1945 the problem was under examination 
to see how best the limited transport facilities available to us could 
be used. Weekly air shipment of fifty copies of 16 national weeklies 
and ten copies of ten Sunday newspapers is the aim, with the addition 
of fast sea shipment on 50 copies of some sixty monthlies. (This is, 
of course, in addition to the regular subscriptions used by the staff 
and the Documentation Center.) 

Distribution of these publications will be developed along the lines 
of the present system: to French government officials, press, radio, 
film, executives, educators, and influential professional men throughout 
French cultural life. 









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4 .. 1.36 


4 » 1.35 


PART IV, - SECTION IF - SPECIALTIES 


I 


Program Discontinued 




_ 


THEMES 

ALREADY PREPARED FOR FRANCE 

(In Use or Stockpile) 



T ITLE OR DESCR1PTION 


QUANTITY 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

UNITED STATES-FRENCH RELATIONS 

C. Encouragement and Aid 

Needle packets - distributed through 
British Political Warfare Mission 

Fr. 

5,000 


Soap cakes 

M 

48,584 


Soap paper 

N 

11,945 


Matchbooks (Statue of Liberty) 

M 

14,279 


" (Bomber) 

" (Row of Planes ) 


5M 

14,291 





Distribution to be checked with Paris Office. Match books now stockpiled in London. 
Other items stockpiled in North Africa. 


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¥.£.1 


PART IV, SECTION 2 


RADIO PROGRAMS 


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\ 









4.2.2 


PART IV, SECTION 2A - SHORTWAVE RADIO PROGRAM FOR FRANCE 
OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE 

With France liberated, and the end of tne war in Europe now in 
sight, the entire concept of OWI ’ s radio operation for France has under¬ 
gone a radical change. The first phase of the Voice of America’s 
psychological warfare Job — the creation and maintenance of resistance 
in France, and the attack on enemy and neutral minds with the idea of 
Germany’s inevitable defeat has been successfully completed. The second 
phase - the military phase - exploiting the psychological impact of 
actual fulfillment of the predictions and promises of the first phase - 
is already over in practically all of France. We are now entering the 
third phase - the American phase. In the third phase the "Voice of 
America", in direct competition with the liberated press and radio, must 
send programs to France which the people of France cannot get from any 
other source. Simple projection of America will not be enough. Sup¬ 
plementary news service to fill gaps left by the liberated press and 
radio because of paper and personnel shortages will not be enough. Pres¬ 
entation of the American point of view will not be enough. The "Voice 
of America", therefore, in addition to its continuing objective news 
function must produce an exclusive information service, and an exclusive 
entertainment service .in order to build a faithful audience for its of¬ 
ficial message. In other words, the "Voice of America" must use all 
the arts of radio showmanship and all types of facilities — shortwave, 
relays, recordings and scripts for use overseas — in order to take 
advantage of normal listening conditions which will follow the disap¬ 
pearance of jamming. 

The material broadcast or cabled to France under the expanded news 
policy can be divided into three categories: 

1. News from the rest of the world. 

2. News from America. 

3. News from and about France. 

Now that their day of liberation has come, the French people are 
vitally interested and concerned with not only what is happening today, 
but also with what happened yesterday. In view of this our French out¬ 
put will now deal with subjects hitherto unmentioned. The only re¬ 
striction is that such subjects must always be handled within the Frame¬ 
work of basic OWI policy. 

Other plans of readjustment of our shortwave broadcasts to France 
to meet changing situations include the following steps: 

1. Elimination of marginal shortwave transmissions. 

2. Block scheduling at peak listening hours. 

3. Use of techniques and content (features, music, entertainment) 
appropriate to normal listening conditions. 

Our planned radio activities in Paris are included in this guidance 
in the Outpost section. 


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4.2.3 


PART IV, SECTION 2A - SHORTWAVE RADIO PROGRAMS TO FRANCE 
BROADCAST SCHEDULE FROM THE UNITED STATES 

(Taken from 8th Edition of Cross reference book-effective December 1,1944) 


PROGRAM 


FREQUENCIES 


* 3:30 AM French ACE IV BBC: 1500, 373, 307, 285, 267, 




(Out London only) 

49 (5) 

41, 31 (2) 




LUXEMBOURG: 

129 3M 


❖ 

8:00 

- 8:30 AM Radio News Reel 

30, 25, 

19 (3), 

16 




ALGIERS: 25 



❖ 

8:30 

AM NBC French "Feature" 

30, 25, 

19, (2) 





ALGIERS: 25 



❖ 

9:00 

- 9:30 AM CBS French 

30, 25, 

(3) , 19 

(4), 16 



"News & Variety" (Music) 

ALGIERS: 25 



❖ 

9:30 

- 10:00 AM NBC French 

30, 25 

(3) , 19 

(3), 16 



1st half - "News" 

ALGIERS: 255M, 25 



2nd half - "American Jazz" 


261, 


10:45 AM (Mon. & Wed. only) 
French ACE Reserve 
(Not to be C/A) 

(Undated Color Feature) 


* 11:15 AM NBC French "News" 


11:30 AM French ACE I 

(Via Shortwave only) 

(News & Editorial Reaction) 


* 12:00 - 12:30 PM NBC French 

"News & Features" 

* 1:15 PM News Show 


1:30 - 2:00 PM Women & Children 
Show 

(Women in War News: 

Personal Messages 
Dramatic Show for Children) 

* 2:00-2:30 PM NBC French 


30, 

25 

(2) , 

19 

(3) 

ALGIERS: 

25 




N.Y. 30, 

25 

(2), 

19 

(3) 

BBC: 1500 

, 373, 285, 

261, 49, 

31 

(2) 

25 

(2) 


ALGIERS: 

25 




30, 

25 

(3), 

19 

(4), 16 

ALGIERS: 

255M 

, 31 



CO 

o 

v* 

25 

(2), 

19 

(2) 

ALGIERS: 

255, 

31 



30, 

25 

(2), 

19 

(2) 

ALGIERS: 

31 




CO 

o 

V* 

25 

(2), 

19 

(2) 


ALGIERS: 31 


41 (6), 


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FREQUENCIES 


2:30 

3:00 

3:05 

4:00 

4:05 

4:25 

5:00 

5:15 

5:45 

6:30 

6:45 

11:45 


- 3:00 FM "This is the U.S.A." 30, 25 (2), 19 (2) 

(Head-Lines, Editorials & ALGIERS: 31 
Personalities in the News: 

Franco-American Relations) 


PM French 
(Music) 


GRENOBLE: 309, 9M 
RENNES: 288, 5M 
Cherbourg: 320M 


PM French ABSIE BBC: 48, 4131 (2) , 19 


(Political 

Americana) 

ABSIE: 307, 

267, 

49 (2), 

25 

- 4:05 PM 

"The Story-Teller” 

49, 

38, 

31 

(2), 30, 

25 

(The Story 

from Life) 

ALGIERS: 

31 




- 4:25 PM 

"A Vos Orders” 

49, 

38, 

31 

(2), 30, 

25 

(Questions 

& Answers Re- 

ALGIERS: 

31 





sponding to French Inquiry 
About America) 


- 4:30 FM News Roundup 

49, 

38, 

31 

(2) , 

30, 

25 


ALGIERS: 

31 





PM French Cross-Section 

49, 

38, 

31 

(2) , 

o 

CO 

25 

News: Interviews & Personal 
Messages 

ALGIERS: 

31 





PM Wed. & Sat. - Pgm for 

49, 

38, 

30 




Luxembourg 

ALGIERS: 

31 






Other days - Pgm for Alsace 
(French News) 


PM 

CBS French "Feature" 

49, 38, 30 



PM 

French ACE II 

N.Y. 49, 38, 30 

(Sat.also 

to Carib 


25, 19) 





BBC: 1500, 373, 

285, 261, 

49 (4), 


41, 31 

ABSIE: 307, 267, 49 (3), 25 
ALGIERS: 31 
LUXEMBOURG: 1293M 


- 7:15 PM French Caribbean '25, 19 

Show (except Saturday) 

(News, Features, Music & 

Talks) 


PM French ACE III Pretrans¬ 
mission Via AT&T only 
(Out London 3:30 AM) 

(11 Min.) 


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Legend: 

* 

ACE- 
BBC. 
ABSIE. 


News Ik Commentary Programs 
America Calling Europe 

Relayed through British Broadcasting Corp. 

Relayed through American Broadcasting Station in Europe (London) 


The numbers in parenthesis under “Frequency " indicate number of stations in the 
particular meterband. 


4.2.6 


PARI' IV, SECTION 2B - MEDIUM WAVE BROADCASTS FROM LONDON 


(I 

ABSIE DAILY SCHEDULE 
n effect on Sunday, December 17, 

1944) 


CENTRAL EUROPEAN 
TIME 

PROGRAM 

ORIGIN 

METERBANDS 

2000-2014:53 

(1) L'Heure Francaise 

Part 1$ a) European news 
from ABSIE (5) 
b) French ACE from 

New York 

ABSIE & 
N.Y. 

307, 

267; 

49, 25 

2015-2059:40 

(3) L'Heure Francaise 

Part 2 - Event of the day 

and Musical inter¬ 
lude 

Part 3 - "Le Monde Aujourd' 
Hui" 

Part 4 - Feature and Commen¬ 
tary and latest news 

ABSIE 

307, 267; 
49, 25 

2330-2359:40 

(2) French Program 

Part 1 - a) News from ABSIE 
(5 Min.) 

b) ACE from N.W. 

Part 2 - "Les Nouvelles de 
France" 

9 

f 

ABSIE 

& 

N.Y. 

ABSIE & 
N.Y. 
ABSIE 

Pt.l- 
307, 267; 
49, 41 

25 

Pt.2- 
307, 267; 
49, 41 

0015-0029:40 

Le Swing Club 

ABSIE 

207, 267; 
49, 41 


BROADCASTS ORIGINATING IN FINANCE 


'Ce Soir en France', a program produced by Radio Diffusion 
Francaise commentators, presents nightly a discussion of current 
French happenings. The broadcast is carried by ABSIE, RDF and 5 OWI 
transmitters in New York and one OWI transmitter in North Africa. 
Other programs by RDF are presented on OWI facilities in exchange for 
a New York program relayed on the French radio. RDF also carries the 
few programs prepared by the US IS radio section, such as 'Lessons in 
English' and 'Music of America'. 


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4.2.7 


PART IV, SECTION 2C - RECORDING AND SCRIPTS FOR USE IN OUTPOSTS 
OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE 

(From Draft of Operational Plan for France - November 16, 1944) 

A . OUTPOST RECORDINGS 

1 . PAST PRODUCTION 

Outpost recordings supplied to the French radio should be judged on 
their entertainment value and should in no case be of propagandistic 
character. Those produced as part of the Musical Series will therefore 
be the most useful. If French radio program directors should request 
informational scripts, those along the lines of the Health Series and 
the Global War Series are recommended. 

2. FUTURE PRODUCTION 

The production of outpost recordings will depend largely upon the 
demands of the local French radio. The chief emphasis should be on musi¬ 
cal and entertainment features, with recorded commentary omitted com¬ 
pletely from musical programs. 

The Hollywood entertainment series now under way, covering 95 com¬ 
mercial films adapted for 30 minute radio shows should be continued. 

Scripts of interviews with leading scientists, describing their re¬ 
search in the past 5 years would be of great value, provided the discus¬ 
sions are on a high level. The same procedure could be applied to other 
subjects in which French radio officials express an interest. 

B. COMMERCIAL RECORDINGS 

1. PAST PRODUCTION 

All commercial recordings shipped for distribution in France are 
suitable. American selections are preferable, however. 

2. FUTURE PRODUCTION 

Commercial records should supplement rather than duplicate symphon¬ 
ic music being sent in with OWI outpost recordings. 

Records of American compositions should be Available. Folk songs, 
swing, and cowboy music would also be of interest for possible use on 
the French radio. It would be worthwhile to supply interested French 
persons with copies of record catalogues so that they may indicate their 
preferences. 


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1. 


AIMS 

THEMES 


ALREADY PREPARED 

(In Use or Stockpile) 


Ill 


(S): SCRIPTS (Where :io indication is given program 


Columns 3-5-9 indicate 


4-7-10 indicat > number of programs included 


present we are sending to France 5 sets of all current O.W 

COLUMN 8. PROGRAMS FLAMED BY BUREAU TO IMPLEKiNT THEMES 


AFRICAN DEMOCRACY 
A. Physical America 


B. Fighting America 


C. Political America 


Rivers of the U.S.A. 

’’This is the U.S.A.'’ series: 
Pennsylvania 


D. Working America 

E. Social America 


2 . 


HISTORY OF THE WAR 
A. Global 

1. Military 


2. Political 


3. U.S. Participa¬ 
tion. 


B. European 

C. Pacific 

D. French Participa¬ 

tion 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 

( 2 ) 


hours or fraction of hours running nime o:' 


America At War 

American Industries at War 

Meet an American Soldier 


Watchwords of Liberty 
"This is the U.S.A.” series: 
Highlights of American 
History 
Government 


"This is the U.S.A." series; 

Oklahoma 

Frontiers of American Art 
Fiflights of American 
Music 

Bird's Eye View of America 
People's Music 


United Nation Roll of Honor 

(S) 

Flying Fortress '43 
P-38 Lockheed Planes 


Nasi Barbarism ft American 
Freedom 


United Nations- Growth and 

Aims (S) 


Eve Curie talks on General 
Sikorski 


Guy Del Pias on French Mer¬ 
chant Marine 
Military Valer of French 


Tsi 


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IN PREPARATION 

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(Approved Projects*) 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 
(5) 


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8 . 


fIRS7 

( 6 ) 


QUANT. 

( 7 ) 


of each title or program ere rot incicatec.At 

FROM OUTPOSTS IH IBAHCE. 


PLANNED BY BUREAU 

(If reoccuring show monthly average) 

(If project already approved check Col. II) 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 

( 8 ) 


Scripts on Agriculture, Soil 
Conservation etc. 


"American Institutions" 
A) Labor Unions 


"American Institutions" 

A) University 

B) Hospital 

C) Housing Authority 

D) Public Health 

E) Research Laboratories 

F) Children’s Courts 
Q) Rural Nursing 


HRS. 

(9) 


QUANT. 

(10) 


APVD. 

(II) 


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AIMS 

THEMES 


5. ACHIEVBBITS II ARTS 
AID SCIKICKS 

A. Scienoe 

B. Technology 

C. Art« 


D. Sociology 

4. FRAICS-U.S.A. BELA* 
TIOIS. 

A. Cultural 


B. Military 


ALREADY PREPARED 

(In Upe or Stockpile) 


TITLE OR 


DESCRIPTION 

( 2 ) 


Contemporary American Music 
Radio Symphonies of Amerioa 
Outpost Concert Series 
W.O.R. Sinfonietta 
Invitation to Musio 
Symphony Oroh. of America 
(with recorded commentary) 
Symphony Oroh. of America 
(with accompanying scripts) 
Music of the Hew World 
Concert De Hew York 
French Regional Supplements 
Sousa's Military Marches 
Arturo Toscanini 
Band Concerts 


Franoo-American Friendship 
Current French Publications 
Statesmen of Frenoh Republic 
Jaoques Maritain Message 
Fisit to Louisiana Bayous 
Prestige of French Civilisa¬ 
tion. 

Starlet Boyer's Speeches 
listorical Examples of close 
ties between D.S. and Franoe- 
(S) 

Cay Boyfre Greetings to France 


QUANT. 

(4) 


IN PREPARATION 
OR ON ORDER 
(Approved Projects*) 


PLANNED BY BUREAU 

« . 

(If reoccuring ahow monthly average) 

(If project already approved check Col. II) 


Iquant.1 

(7) 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 
( 8 ) 


HI 


IQ U AI Ts 

1 ( 10 ) 


APVD. 

(ID 


(Contemporary Americen Music 
iRadio Symphonies of America 
jOutpost Concert Series 

"BBTWHEH HATIOHS" 

(Since 1989) 

A. Literature in D.S. A. 

B. Theatre " " " 

C. Radio • " " 

D. Motion Pictures n " 

I. Art " H 

F. Music " " 

0. Architecture " " 

eto. 


10 


REGIONAL SPECIALIST'S 
RECOMMENDATIONS 

( 12 ) 

'Gutpost Recording output 
should be guided in the 
future by requests co inin g 
from the field. Present 
reports show that a great 
number of musical record¬ 
ings will be needed. There 
seems also to be a positive 
need for recordings im¬ 
plementing our themes on 
Achievements in Arte and 
Sciences and America in 
the Post-War World." 


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4.2.10 


PRODUCTION 0 F RADIO (SCRIPTS & RECORDING’) _ J 0 

(Me dlum) 


IMPLEMENT 


POLICY FOR. 


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DATE PREPARED: February 1945 PROGRAM FOR BALANCE OF FISCAL YEAR 1944 - 1945 Sheet 1 of 5 Sheets 


AIMS 

THEMES 

ALREADY PREPARED 
(1n Use or Stockp i le ) 

IN PREPARATION 

OR ON ORDER 
(Approved Projects) 

PLANNED BY BUREAU 

(If reoccuring show monthly average) 

(If project already approved check Col. II) 

REGIONAL SPECIALIST'S 
RECOMMENDAT1ONS 

(I) 

TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 

(2) 

Hrs.. 

(3) 

QUANT. 

(4) 

TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 
(5) 

Hrs, 

(S) 

QUANT. 

(7) 

TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 
(8) 

Hrs. 
(9) 

QUANT. 

do) 

APVD. 

(II) 

(12) 

C. Erl ert adamant 

American Jazz 

Music in America 

American Jazz Today- 
Music of Latin America 

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Persian Memories 

Geo. M. Cohan's Pop. Songs 

1 

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Music from America: 

Russell Bennett 

Jimmy Wilbur 

Raymond Scott 

Glenn Miller 

Viva America 

4 

2 

10 

3 

1 2 

16 

11 

40 

22 

6 




Music from America: 

Russell Bennett 

Jimmy Wilbur 

Raymond Scott 

Viva America 

2 

2 

2 

2 

8 

8 

8 

8 



Miscellaneous Commercial 
Records (Sound Effects, 
Applause & Tuning, national 
Anthems ) . 

13 

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N.B.C. Thesaurus Transcript¬ 
ion Library 

(The N.B.C. Thesaurus librari< 
Commercial Radio Transcriptioi 
to domestic Radio stations, 
the following categories of mi 
Orchestra 533* classical Inst] 
Cowboy 4o8, Military Band l 6 l 
213, Pipe Organ 125, smd Prod- 
content). A supplement of ab 
These libraries are rented fr 
records must be returned to t'. 
at the termination of th© con 
was informed that this librar 
feet again, and it was clear 1 ; 
duration of our operation. W 
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take over our contract with N 

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Orchestra 1,034, Popular Cone? 
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579 (see media reference file 1 
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PRODUCTION 0 F RADIO (DRAMATIC SHOWS) _ J 0 

(Me dlum) 


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(Country) 


Pa g e 4-_2. I 2 


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Sheet 5 of— 5. Sheet* 


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THEMES 

ALREADY PREPARED 
( In Use or Stockpi1e 

) 


IN PREPARATION 
OR ON ORDER 
(Approved Projects*) 



PLANNED BY BUREAU 

(If reoccuring show monthly average) 

(If project already appro-ved check Col. II) 

(1) 

TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 

(2) 

Hrs. 

13) 

QUANT. 

(4) 

TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 
(5) 

(6) 

QUANT. 

(7) 

TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 
(8) 

(9) 

QUANT. 

( 10 ) 

APVD. 

(II) 

C. Entertainment 
( cont. ) 

DRAMATIC SHOWS: 

Greeu Valley - U.S.A. (S) 
Words at War (S) 

Arthur Hopkins Presents (S) 
Cavalcade (S) 

Thin Man (S) 

"LE RIDEAU S' LEVE" series:* 
La Marche Nuptiale 

Madame Sans Gene 

Le Petit Prince 

Le Portrait de la Femme Sans 
Visage 

Le Traite D'Auteuil 

Le Cartif 

La Visite A L'Abbaye Les 
Bouffons 

La Sauterelle 

Le Poilu 

Le Commissaire Est Bon Enfant 
Serviteur Modele 

Les Prunes 

11 Y Toujours Une France A 
Aimer 

Le Jongleur De Notre Dame 

Les Animaus Malade De La 

Peste 

Le Vitre 

Gros Chagrins 

Areene:- Lupin 

Cyrano De Bergerac 

Chantecler 

Le Peau De Banane 

Le Rente Viagere 

La Misanthrope 

La Chevre De M. Seguin 
Expedition Nocturne and 

La Lettre Charge 

* 15 minute dramatic programs 
well-known French writers a 
Courtexine, Rostand, Galipa 
by resident French stars in 
Michele Morgan, Simone Simo 

1 

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4.2.13 


FRENCH HOLLYWOOD PROJECT (HOLLYWOOD SHOWS) 

In September 194)4 an important program of special entertainment 
was created in Hollywood for liberated France. Through the cooperation 
of 7 major motion picture studios and the Hollywood Victory Committee 
91 one-half hour radio programs in French are now being produced by the 
Radio Program Bureau of the Overseas Branch of the OWI for broadcast to 
the people of liberated France who have been cut off from Hollywood 
entertainment through four years of Nazi domination. 

Dramatizations of outstanding films, programs featuring American 
and French film artists and tabloid versions of popular musical films 
are included in this series. These programs will be broadcast weekly 
through OWI facilities and will go on the air simultaneously from New 
York, ABSIE (London), RDF (French National Networks), Brussels, and a 
number of other points in Europe, Africa, and elsewhere. The tentative 
date for the broadcast of ”Hold Back the Dawn” — first of the series — 
is March 1st, 1945. 

The project suggested to the Motion Picture Industry by the Office 
of War Information was approved by the Hollywood Victory Committee, the 
Industry Talent Pool for Patriotic Effort and by the 7 major companies 
which had agreed Lo join in financing this venture by contributing 
$10,000 each and in the making available of talent, scripts, and music. 
The participating companies each of which is cooperating in the produc¬ 
tion of 13 programs are: Columbia, MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), Para¬ 
mount, RKO, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal and Warner Brothers. 

Acting on a special advisory committee representing the Hollywood 
Victory Committee are Charles Boyer, Andre David, Victor Francen, 
Adolphe Menjou, and Leonide Moguy. They work with the French Unit of 
the Los Angeles Overseas Bureau of the OWI which was augmented with 
personnel from the New York OWI Radio Bureau and with Hollywood Radio 

experts. 

With the liberation of France, Radio entertainment is called to 
serve an added function of projecting the American way of life to the 
liberated people. 


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4.2.14 


FRENCH HOLLYWOOD PROJECT (HOLLYWOOD SHOWS) 


CASTS OF FIRST TEN HOLLYWOOD SHOWS 

1) Hold Hack the Dawn 

2) Phantom Lady 

3) Heaven Can Wait 

4) Suspicion 

5) Star Parade 

(Variety Show) 

6) How Green Fas My Valley 

7) After the Thin Man 

8) Mow Voyager 


Charles Boyer, Jeannine Crispin, 
Micheline Cheirel, Andre Simeon, 
Suzette O’Neill, Pierre Camelin, 

Jean Deival. 

Michelle Morgan, Georges Rigaud, 
Maurice Marsac, Robert Laurent, 
Robert Appel, Roberta Danielle, 

Leoxp Lenoir, Charles Andre, 
Gabrielle Harcourt. 

Frank Arnold, Victor Francen, Marcel 
Dalio Gene Tierney, John David, 
Lilian Farcett, Charles Andre, 
Angelica Lanshoff, Micheline 
Cheirel, Noel De Lor me. 

Cary Grant, Jeanine Crispin, Georges 
Rigaud Andre Chariot Jacques Lory, 
Marjorie Bellini, Bernard Deroux, 
Suzy Schwing, Albert Petit, Theodore 
Kampanetz. 

Dinah Shore, Morton Gould, Charles 
Laughton, Chico Marx, Ziggy Elman, 
Donald Duck, (Clarence Nash) 

John Loder, Georges Rigaud, Frederic 
Morpugo, Adriene D’Ambricourt, 
Maurice Marsac, Robert Laurent, 
Robert Appel, Ted Kampqnetz, 

Annette Schneider, Ninette 
Valin, Andre Chariot, 

Jacques Lory, Andre Simeon, 

Frank Arnold. 

Adolphe Menjou, Michelle Morgan, 
Marjorie Bellini, Georges Rigaud, 
Nanette Vallon, Maurice Marsac, 

Louis Mercier, Eugene Borden, 
Theodore Kampanetz, Andre Simeon, 
Bernard Deronx, Frank Arnold. 

Michelle Morgan, Georges Rigaud, 
Ambricourt, Jacques Catelain, Andre 
Simeon, Ted D'Arnoux, Julio Abadie, 
Leon Lenoir, Irene Trivas 


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i|.2.15 


9) The Shop Around the 
Corner 


10) It Started with Eve 


Gene Tierney, Felix Bressart, 
Charles Deschamps, Guy De Vestel, 
Ted D'Arnoux, Nanette V'allon, Louis 
Mercier, George Trilling, Jacques 
Lory, Andre Hodel. 

Deanna Durbin, Jeannine Crispin, 
Charles Deschamps, Charles Andre, 
Louis Mercier, George Daivis, 
Jacques Lory, Richard Hageman, 
Yolanda Lacca, Andree Hodel 


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Heaven Can Wait 

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Stars on Parade 

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It Started With Eve 

After the Thin Man 

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Nov Voyager 

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Christmas in July 
The Major and the Minor 
Skylark 

Nothing But the Truth 
Holy Matrimony 
The Lodger 
Claudia 
Stage Door 
Mr. & Mrs. Smith 
Tuttles of Tahiti 
Hie Butler's Sister 
Back Street 
Shadow of a Doubt 
Here Comes Mr. Jordan 
My Sister Eileen 
Blossoms In the Dust 
Night Must Fall 
The Wizard of Oz 
Gaslight 

The Human Comedy 
Girl Crazy 
Madame Curie 
Three Men on a Horse 
All This and Heaven Too 
Constant Nymph 
Gentleman Jim 

George Washington Slept Here 

Old Accquaintan.ee 

Yankee Doodle Dandy 

Maltese Falcon 

The Old Maid 

The Letivr 

You Belong To Me 

Talk Of the Town 

Bedtime Story 

The Lady is Willing 

Destry Rides A.gain 

The Man Who Came to Dinner 

Lady Takes a Chance 

The Devil and Miss Jones 


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OUTPOST PARTICIPATION IN RADIO PROGRAMMING 


The operation of the Radio Section in Paris is largely divided be¬ 
tween the liaison work with Radiodifusion Francaise and special events 
recorded for Absie and the Voice of America. 

RDF, the national radio for France, is a branch of the French 
Ministry of Information, and its director, Jean Guignebert, has indi¬ 
cated a great interest in working with USIS. Radio Paris is the center 
of the nationwide network, linking the provinces to the capital. In 
early '45 a tight control was still maintained on the output of the pro¬ 
vincial stations, with only a short time each day allowed to them for 
locally-produced programs. The remainder of the broadcasts had to origi¬ 
nate over Radio Paris. 

Our liaison with RDF has resulted in daily programs of English les¬ 
sons, broadcasts arranged for the Com Z public relations unit on such 
Army matters as lodgings for American officers, jerrican and wire reel 
recoveries, and periodic and special music programs such as jazz con¬ 
certs by the Snowdrops, A US Army military police dance band. 

RDF uses the facilities of ABSIE for its nightly program, ”Ce Soir 
en France”, a permanent feature of ABSIE-RDF operations. RDF has as¬ 
signed its star editorialists, including Mr. Guignebert, to it; USIS sup¬ 
plies all necessary documentation to implement the staff’s ingenious and 
effective programs whose purposes are to counter the anti-American in¬ 
fluence of 5th column propaganda in France and to strengthen Franco- 
American friendship. 

We make available to RDF the recordings prepared by the' Radio 
program bureau in New York, with the programming of these platters left 
entirely up to the French radio authorities. 

Other liaison work includes forwarding to OWI New York musical 
scores composed in France since 1940; these will be performed in the 
States and broadcast to France. The Foreign Broadcast Division of RDF 
has Consulted the USIS Radio Section on the development of its overseas 
operations. News about Voice of America, ABSIE and American radio in 
general is supplied to French radio publications. 

The Voice of America uses the address of USIS in its French shows, 
and the staff in Paris receives and handles many requests suggestions, 
and comments from listeners all over France. 

Special events recording, prepared by the staff in Paris for use 
on ABSIE or Voice of America, have amounted, in the past, to between 40 
and 50 a month, in languages including French, English, German, Slovak, 
Italian, Czech, Danish, Spanish and Polish. Those requiring immediate 
rebroadcast are piped to London through BBC-Signal Corps transmitter, 
and others are recorded in Paris and shipped to London or the States by 
air. 


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SECTION 3 


MOTION PICTURES 











4.3.2 


PART IV, SECTION 3A - MOTION PICTURES-FEATURES 
OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE 

(From Long Range Operational Plan for France Nov. 16, 1944) 

COMMERCIAL FILMS 

9 

I* PAST PRODUCTION 

Commercial films are for the most part devoid of overt propaganda 
and should therefore be considered primarily on the basis of quality. 

II. FUTURE PRODUCTION 

In addition to the films already stockpiled, the following are sug¬ 
gested for priority in dubbing or substitling, and distribution. They 
have been chosen on the basis of their quality, entertainment value, and 
in the case of films dealing with the Pacific, their informational content. 

PACIFIC WAR F|LMS EMOTIONAL DRAMA 

Gung H o 

Guadalcanal Diary 
Destination Tokyo 
Bataan 

The Purple Heart 
The Eve/ of St. Mark 


MUSICAL 


Holiday Inn 
The Wizard of Oz 

ANIMATED CARTOON 


Dumbo 
Pinocchio 
Bambi 

NOTE - The distribution of commercial features has reverted to private management 
with in France . 


Lassie Come Home 
Blossoms in the Dust 
All that Money Can Buy 
My Friend Flicka 
The Good Earth 
Now Voyager 
Saratoga Trunk 

HISTORICAL 

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet 


MYSTERY THRILLER 

Rage in Heaven 
Conflict 


Under French law all films released in France must be played in 
their French dubbed versions and must be dubbed in France, and the num¬ 
ber of American dubbed films which could be released was limited to 94 
per semestre. However, the number of original version films authorized 
to be shown was unlimited in number but could only be shown in a maxi¬ 
mum of 15 cinemas, 5 in the department of the Seine, and 10 in other 
departments with a maximum of 2 theatres in any one department. (An 
effort is being made to obtain permission from the French government to 
release films that were dubbed prior to the effective date of this law.) 


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4.3.3 


MOTION PICTURE FEATURES 

(The following films have been shipped to 
France as of January 1, 1945). 


Gold Rush 
Long Voyage Home 
I Married a Witch 
Pot O’Gold 
Our Town 
Sergeant York 
Air Force 

Action in North Atlantic 
Across the Pacific 
Watch on the Rhine 
Magic in Music 
Christmas in July 
So Proudly We Hail 
Hold Back the Dawn 
Great Man’s Lady 
Great Dictator 
Navy Comes Through 
Mr. & Mrs. Smith 
No, No, Nanette 
Tom, Dick and Harry 
Abe Lincoln in Illinois 
Young Tom Edison 
Joe Smith American 
Seven Sweethearts 
Pride and Prejudice 
Human Comedy 

Andy Hardy Meet Debutante 
Edison the Man 
Appointment for Love 
It Started with Eve 
Louisiana Purchase 
Forest Rangers 
Pardon My Sarong 
Between Us Girls 
Nice Girl 

They All Kissed the Bride 

Desperados 

Men in Her Life 

Adam Had 4 Sons 

You Belong to Me 

Lady Takes a Chance 

Kitty Foyle 

Magnificent Ambersons 

Sky's the Limit 

Show Business 

Music In Manhattan 

Night of Adventure 

A Girl, a Guy and a Gob 


Devil and Miss Jones 
Father Takes a Wife 
Suspicion 

All that Money Can Buy 

Little Foxes 

Pinocchio 

No Time for Love 

And the Angels Sing 

None but the Lonely Heart 

Navy Steps Out 

Gulliver's Travels 

Mrs. Miniver 

Kiss the Boys Goodbye 

Second Chorus 

Skylark 

Remember the Night 
Wake Island 
Babes in Arms 
Great Dictator 
Cover Girl 
Penny Serenade 
Lady Is Willing 
La Charette Fantome 
Heart of a Nation 
Sahara 

Talk of the Town 

Night to Remember 

Wing and a Prayer 

Wintertime 

Footlight Serenade 

It Happened Tomorrow 

It's a Date 

If I Had My Way 

Shadow of a Doubt 

Remember the Day 

Sun Valley Serenade 

Tales of Manhattan 

Moontide 

The Sullivans 

You Were Never Lovelier 

Here Comes Mr. Jordan 

Our Wife 

My Sister Eileen 
More the Merrier 
Claudia 

Phantom of the Opera 
Flesh and Fantasy 
Back Street 


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Destry Rides Again 
Boom Town 

Shop around the Corner 
Bataan 

I Love You Again 

Waterloo Bridge 

Strike up the Band 

Random Harvest 

Rio Rita 

Love Crazy 

Babes on Broadway 

Eyes in the Night 

Life Begins for Andy Hardy 

Two Faced Women 

Rage in Heaven 

Come Live with Me 

Chocolate Soldier 


H. M. Pulhara, Esq. 

White Cliffs of Dover 
Slightly Dangerous 
Dragon Seed 

Broadway Melody of 1940 

Nothing but Trouble 

Go West 

Gaslight 

Ziegfield Girl 

Mme. Curie 

Tarzan's Secret Treasure 
Woman of the Year 
Tarzan’s N. Y. Adventure 
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 
Bugle Sounds 
A Woman's Face 


4.3.5 


MOTION PICTURES-COMMERCIAL SHORTS 

(The following films have been shipped to France 
as of January 1, 1945) . 


Ice Capers 
Historic Virginia 
Great American Divide 
Tennis Rhythm 
College Champions 
Foxy Fups 

Cat Mouse and Bell 
Happy Tots 
Swing Monkey Swing 
A Boy and His Dog 
Indian Serenade 
Winter Paradise 
Odditj es 

Blue Bird's Baby 

Old and Modern New Orleans 

Cajuns of the Teche 

Fireplug 

Masque Raid 

Band Concert 

Screen Snapshots #5 

Highway Snobbery 

Practice Makes Perfect 

Happy Holiday 

Charm Bracelet 

Crazy Bear Tale 

Krazy Magic 

Hollywood Sweepstakes 

Holliday Land 

Foolish Bunny 

Airways to Peace 

Climbing the Peaks 

Spirit of West Point 

U.S. Army Band 

Rear Gunners 

Amphibious Fighters 

Modern Vikings 

Fightin Spirit 

All Sails Set 

Tumble Bugs 

Hull of a Mess 

Hot Foot 

Pvt. Smith USA 


Jamboree #1 
Jamboree #2 
Jamboree #3 
Jamboree #4 
Jamboree #5 
Jamboree #6 
Jamboree #7 
Aqua Aces 
Show Horse 
Cloud Chasers 
Climbing the Peaks 
Women in Blue 

12 O'clock and All Ain't Well 

Accent on Courage 

Back to the Soil 

The Fighting French 

A Day of War in Russia 

Highway of Friendship 

When Winter Calls 

Wonder of the Sea 

And Then Japan 

Life of a Thoroughbred 

Hit Tune Jamboree 

Congomania 

Sky Line Serenade 

Trumpet Serenade 

Rhumba Rhythm 

Self Defense 

Cuban Rhythm 

Alley Cats 

Dance of the Weeds 

Early Bird Dood It 

Magic Alphabet 

Sufferin Cats 

Pups and Puzzees 

Flying Bear 

Puss and Toots 

Richard Himber and Orchestra 

U.S. Army Air Force Band 

Corky's Hired Hand 

You Ought to be in Pictures 

Prehistoric Porky 


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4.3 


OUTPOST DISTRIBUTION OF COMMERCIAL FILMS 


During the first days of liberation, the distribution of American 
commercial films was handled by the Allied Information Services, the 
joint British-American agency. A proportionate number of films from each 
country, dubbed in French, were distributed to the French film industry; 
careful accounting was kept of the monies earned, and arrangements were 
made with representatives of the commercial companies to recover the in¬ 
comes . 


On Jan. 31, 1945, the A.I.S. authorities stepped out of the picture; 
they had returned earlier to the private companies the right to distrib¬ 
ute their films where and when they wished to. 

The USIS Film Section handle arrangements for commercial distribu¬ 
tion of OWI and other American documentaries through the film companies 
and limits its interest in theatrical films to the private showings of 
American theatricals for good will purposes. When OWI films are turned 
over to the companies for distribution eighty percent of the Revenue is 
paid to the U.S. Treasury and twenty percent goes to the companies for 
their expenses. 

General activities in connection with film distribution concentrated 
on relations with French censorship officials, and cons ,ant study of the 
difficult raw stock situation. 

The special film showings for SHAEF, French and American civilian 
officials are held regularly in Paris and Gala performances for charity 
are presented frequently throughout France. 

Non commercial distribution of American documentaries emphasizes 
the presentation of specially selected films to specialized audiences; 
for instance medical films to the French medical associations, industrial 
films to engineers, agricultural films in rural areas, etc. Prints of 
such pictures are ordered through the catalogue of the New York film 
bureau. 


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PART IV, SECTION 3B - MOTION PICTURES - DOCUMENTARIES PREPARED BY OWI 
OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE 

(From Long Range Operational Plan November 16, 1944) 

I . PAST PRODUCTION 

Of the documentaries already dubbed or superimposed in French, the 
following are recommended for priority distribution: 

The Capra series M Why We Fight" 

Memphis Belle 

Valley of the Tennessee 

Tarawa 

The Hymn of the Nations 

Other documentaries are generally suitable because of their infor¬ 
mational character, their historical record of the war, or their factual 
projection of America. Documentaries such as "Oswego" "Swedes in 
America," and "City Harvest" may be of relatively little interest to the 
French, while others may seem outdated. Therefore, these should be care¬ 
fully tested in the field and withdrawn if reactions are unfavorable. 

II. FUTURE PRODUCTION 

As normal motion picture distribution channels are re-established, 
OWI documentaries, except where specifically circulated thru commercial 
distributors, will be increasingly confined to special group showings 
and school audiences. 

Many privately produced short educational films will serve to imple¬ 
ment all the basic theme outlined in the Long Range Policy Guidance for 
France with the exception of the war in the Pacific. Films produced by 
industrial establishments as part of their personnel 'training programs 
may offer a wide variety of possibilities in connection with the scien¬ 
tific part of our information role. Orientation and training films of 
the War and Navy Departments present similar avenues to be explored. Mu¬ 
seum and educational institution film production can serve to project 
America as culturally a'wake and progressive. 

Examples of topics of particular interest for OWI production where 
no private films are available are: 

The War in the Pacific 
The Western Hemisphere 

Physiotherapy and similar medical advances 
The Artists’ Colony at Provincetown, etc. 

Progressive Education 
Student Self-Government 
American Colleges of Various Types 
Health Services in Rural Communities 

Additional guidance on OWI Films is contained in ••Operational Guidance on OWI 
Documentary Films” approved by Washington Review board, November 24, 1944. - Media 

Reference File, see Appendix. 


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the growth of the inter¬ 
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the American government; 
education; science and 
research or science and 
industry; and art educa¬ 
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Philippines; 'the U. 3. 
and China; Small scale 
Industry and Cooperative 
Man.; Scientific Agri¬ 
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B. TECHNOLOGY 

C. ABTS 

D. SOCIOLOGY 

IV. AMERICAN RELATIONS 
WITH FRANCS 











A. CULTURAL 

B. MUITABT 

7. AMERICA IN POST¬ 
WAR WORLD 











A. DOCUMENTS AND ST 

B. PLANNING AND DIS 


USSION 

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under one or non categoriei 

$ Print* *upplied by London - 
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all categories above. 





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PART IV, SECTION 3C - NEWSREELS 
(U. S. and London Production) 


4 . 3.13 


The only official newsreel in France is a government monopoly. Each 
week OWI provides the French film authorities with newsreel material 
which is edited by the French and which appears through French distri¬ 
bution as 'France Libre Actualities'. OWI newsreels as such are not 
shown in France today. 

Through special arrangements with the French Ministry of Informa¬ 
tion and the Ministry of War, we supply them French versions of the 
United Newsreel as prepared in New York; the reel is distributed by the 
French. 




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PART IV, SECTION 4 

NEWS AND FEATURES 


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4.4.2 


PART IV, SECTION 4a - NEWS FILE TRANSMISSION 


NUMBER OF WORDS DAILY 



LOCATION 

VIA COMMERCIAL CHANNELS 

VIA ARMY SIGNAL CORPS 

VIA OW1 SHORTWAVE 


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OUTPOST 

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4 . 4.3 


PART IV, SECTION 4B - FEATURE SERVICE 
OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE 

FEATURES (From Long Range Operation Plan for France - November 16, 1944) 

I. PAST PRODUCTION 

Features already produced will be available at the information 
Center the use of the French press. They will be put at the disposal of 
journalistic as background and source material, and will also provide pro¬ 
fessional groups with information on the progress made in various tech¬ 
nical fields. 

Classification used by the Features Division in its stockpiling 
program have been retained here for the sake of convenience. In the 
discussion below, they have been listed in descending order, according 
to the adaptability of the Features medium to the topic, and the infor¬ 
mational content of Features already produced. 

1. War in the Pacific 

Factual backgrounds and profiles of leading figures should take 
priority. Stories stressing the human angle of the war are also valu¬ 
able. 


2. V. S. Foreign Policy 

In preference to stories on European policy, use articles on the 
history of U. S. Foreign policy in the Pacific, such as the Philippines, 
etc. European policy will largely be covered under the heading of 
"United Nations". 

3. Science 

Science articles will be particularly useful, especially the sur¬ 
veys compiled with the Features Stockpile Division on Advances in all 
fields of both pure and applied science. The regular science newsletters 
should also be used extensively. 

4. Democracy 

Features under this heading, like those in other categories should 
be selected on the basis of their solid information value. Thus, dis¬ 
cussions of the meaning of democracy to a particular individual should 
not be selected, unless they are of high literary quality or by out¬ 
standing American personalities. The most useful stories will be those 
of serious content and treatment explaining the mechanic's of federal, 
state and local government in the United States; the workings of labor 
unions in the U. S.; democratic solutions to political, social and 


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4 . 4.4 


economic problems of a general or controversial nature. These problems 
should be treated frankly, as should the procedures adapted in carrying 
out these solutions. Material on education is highly desirable, es¬ 
pecially those stories dealing with aspects of American education rela¬ 
tively unknown in France. 

5. Culture and Entert ainment 

The technical aspects of Features production are such that it has 
been possible to produce items on sidelights in the cultural and enter¬ 
tainment field more cheaply than in any other medium. Because Features 
are virtually the only source of such information, full advantage should 
be taken of high quality past production on sports, motion pictures, 
plays still current in the U. S., book reviews, etc., articles on Ameri¬ 
can artists. American contributions to culture in other countries is 
recommended where it can be treated without boastfulness. Foreign origin 
of American personalities may be given certain prominence here, provided 
the touchstone is the cultural contribution and not the national origin 
of the person under consideration. 

6. Relief and Rehabilitation 

Most UNRRA stories are either obsolete or undesirable for France in 
view of recent developments. However, material on the contribution of 
France to the general rehabilitation of Europe should be made available. 
Features dealing with sidelights, backgrounds and American contributions 
to the problem of relief should be used in connection with discussions 
of private relief organizations, etc. 

7. United Nations 

Use backgrounders, American comments on agencies, conferences and 
programs. The emphasis should be on the planning for future interna¬ 
tional security phases of cooperation rather than discussion of past 
military campaigns. 

8. Global War 

Most features under this heading were written to be used primarily 
by the outpost staff as background and source material. These were of 
necessity piecemeal, fragamentary stories and would not provide a com¬ 
plete, balanced picture for an outsider. Such material should be re¬ 
examined for the completeness of its coverage of the aspect of the topic 
under consideration. 

II. FUTURE PRODUCTION 

A. Present at ion 

Features are to be made available to the French press as background 
and source material, and will also provide professional groups with in¬ 
formation on the progress made in various technical fields. 

For these purposes, the output of the Features Division should be 
oriented away from psychological warfare and toward the dissemination 
of solid information. The preparation of a smaller number of articles 
will permit greater research and effort for each, so that the finished 
product will be longer and more solid in content, as well as more highly 




4 . 4.5 


polished in style and presentation. 


Since quality is so important as a consideration in our output for 
France, it is recommended that outside writers be asked to increase 
preparation of articles on subjects in which our staff writers are not 
technically expert. These articles should be signed. 

Features output to Switzerland should be written with a view to 
possible use in France, since the French press often picks up material 
from Swiss newspapers. 

B. Topics to be stressed 

1. The useful scientific surveys undertaken by the Features Di¬ 
vision should be expanded and continued. Articles on new developments 
in all domains of science, preferably signed by writers of high standing 
in their fields should be made available. 

2. Backgrounders and profiles, especially those related to the war 
in the Pacific, should be continued further, with color and human in¬ 
terest added to the present statistical treatment. Maps should be at¬ 
tached to geographical and historical backgrounders wherever possible. 

3. Features coverage of book news should be enlarged to insure a 
more complete knowledge of American thoughts and trends. Book reviews 
more substantial than those heretofore provided in the brief weekly Bookly 
News letter would enable us to cover much desirable controversial mate¬ 
rial and to project America's awareness of world problems and her rela¬ 
tion to them, as reflected in publishing activity. 

4. Labor stories should be continued and expanded. 

5. Features should continue to cooperate with the Exhibits section 
in supplying features correlated with topics planned for Photo Exhibits, 
or as press releases to publicize them. The same correlation should be 
sought between Features and Exhibits planned overseas. 

6. Stories classified under headings of a propagandists nature, 
such as "The Nature of the Enemy, " should be discontinued except for 
those dealing with the Pacific. 

7. Articles classified under "Fighting France, U. S. Troops", etc. 
should also be discontinued unless special occasions call for them, or 
unless th^y contain information not otherwise available to the French 
press. 


CLIPSHEETS AND CLIPPINGS 

I. PAST PRODUCTION 

Clipsheet and clippings already on hand should be Judged according 
to the continued interest of the material they contain. Most back 
numbers of clipsheets have useful material which, although originally 
essentially keyed to current developments, may well be included in a 
background file to be placed at the disposal of French writers and others 


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4.4.6 


seeking information. 

\ 

II. FUTURE PRODUCTION 

An expanded program of special clippings would be helpful in 
servicing the French press with information material of a detailed 
nature on topics of interest to French newspaper and magazine readers. 
These include: 

1. American democracy in Action 

a. Columns and editorial discussion devoted to social problems 
such as anti-trust legislation, housing rationing, reconversion, infla¬ 
tion, etc., which will also effect France. 

b. Mechanics of American government. 

c. Agricultural and industrial cooperatives. 

d. Labor unions and labor-management committees. 

e. Conservation. 

2. The History of the war, particularly of the Pacific phase 

a. Profiles and backgrounders on military leaders. 

b. Geographical backgrounds on Asiatic warfronts. 

3. The Story of achievements in science and thought since 1939. 

a. Cultural activities in the U. S. 

b. Specialized scientific articles. 

4. America’s relations with France - editorials and articles, pref¬ 
erably not pegged to news. 

5. America*s policy and role in the post-war world. 

a. A cross-section of editorial opinion and personal opinion 

in the American press on peace problems, foreign polify and international 
affairs.Special clippings provide the best medium for the dissemination 
of such material. 

b. Relations with the Western Hemisphere. 

c. Information on sidelights to international conferences, 
particularly those held in the United States and Canada. 

The Press Review Desk, by studying proposals for the Fall Exhibit 
in Paris and other planned displays, could assist in providing press re¬ 
leases through articles covering the same topics as the various exhibits. 

Clipsheets are prepared as an overall review of the American press 
week by week. Therefore, no special recommendations can oe given for 


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4 . 4.7 


clipsheet material intended for French use. Themes 1, 2, 3 and 5 of the 
Long Range Policy Guidance for France are well implemented in the over¬ 
all clipsheet coverage, which has evolved into a straight information 
Job. These are, respectively, U. S. democracy in action, the history of 
the war, particularly in the Pacific phase advances in science and 
culture since 1939, and the place of the U. S. in the postwar world. 

Theme 4, Franco-American relations, should be included in the general 
clipsheet on matters of great importance but can as a rule be implemented 
more effectively by special clippings. 


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4 . 4.8 


FEATURES FROM USA 


Ui 

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£ by categories 

u_ 

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STOCKPILED 

CONTINUING 

MONTHLY SERVICE 

NO. OF 

ARTICLES 

AV. NO. OF 

COPIES OF 

EACH ART 

NO. OF 

ARTICLES 

AV. NO. OF 

COPIES OF 

EACH ART 

STOCKPILE FEATURES TO ' 





INFORMATION CENTERS 





Information Service Features 

500 

6 



FEATURES * 





Special Features 

439 

65 

50 

6 

Science Newsletters (17) 

87 

65 

17 

26 

Profi1es 



6 

6 

Backgrounders 



2 

6 

Speech Excerpts 



2 

6 

Special Newsletters 



2 

6 

PRESS REVIEW** 





Review Clipsheet 



4 

6 

Press Clips Clipsheet 



2 

6 

(Special Clippings) 





Arts & Letters CTipsheet 



1 

6 

Science Review Clipsheets 



1 

6 

* See analysis of Stockpile fe 

atures on 

chart, (page 

4.4.9)' 


** See analysis of recent clip 

sheets and 

special clipping instructions 

on chart (page 4.4.10). 





Note See Media Reference File for 

1 

list of feature titles . 



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Press Review 



JAIOilT 1 , 19 4 1 


POLICY IMPLEMENTATION FOR FRANCS 


4.4.10 


THEMES 


clipshccts 


SPECIAL CLIPPINGS 


REMARKS 


AMERICAN 

DIL103RACY 


Physical America 


Fighting America 


Working America 


Political America 


Social America 


n view or tb iatuu or rs 

KOI OM, TIP SELATTVELT LIGHT 

cotirab or physical abrica 
sms justified* social 

AMERICA IS TUT WILL IMPLUS- 
tsd. o« m or an said, non 
is heeded oi tb political 

ASPICT Of AMERICAS DEMOCRACY ! 
MATERIAL OS SOMISQ AMERICA 
AID PIOHTISO AMERICA SHOULD 
COST IlfUI II TEX SAME PROPORT I OS. 




THE WAR 


Global 


Milltary 


Politic. 


US Part, 


European Phase 


Pacific Phase 


( French Particip. 


C0VERAGF Of U.3. PARTICIPATIQS 
IS THE OLOSAI. WAR APPEARS TO 
BE LIOItT| MORE MATERIAL 0W TBIS 
SUBJECT SHOULD BE SOCOTT . WHILE 
THE PACIFIC BAR SEEMS TO RECEIVE 
BALANCED TREAT ME NT IB THE REGU¬ 
LAR CLIF8KEET8. MORE ATTEST I OS 
COULD BE PAID TC IT IS THE 
SPECIAL CLIPPINGS. PKERCH 
PARTICIPATIOS SKIMS TO DESERVE 
MORE COVERAGE IB SPECIAL 
CLIPPINGS. 


AJHI WLl-'.'AITS IN 


ARTS. SCIZ2ICE 


Science 


Technology 


Arte 


Sociology 


0000 com*0i II CLIPIBVTSi 
COOLD POSSIBLY SB UPtHOKO 
II SPICUL CLIPPISOS. 


U.S. - FR.INCH 


RELATIONS 


Cultural 
k Milltary 


covuacb XI SPECIAL CLITL 
SHEETS SEEMS EXTSMELT HOST. 
AMD SHOULD BE EXP AIDED 
•BREVES POSSIBLE. 


At^RICA IN 
PGST-WAR WGKLD 


LiocuinentB £.• 
Statements 

Planning & 

Dl :n;a*?r.ion 


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MISCi2.LAN2CUS 


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4 . i *.11 


OUTPOST PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF NEWS AND FEATURES 


Receiving from New York a daily news file of 12,000 words, 87 arti¬ 
cles monthly of airpouched clipsheets and feature stories, the USIS news 
division processes this raw material into two chief products, "Nouvelles 
d'Amerique" and "Document de la Semaine". 

"Nouvelles" is a daily bulletin of American news, distributed to 
the whole French press and consisting of two to four mimeographed pages, 
mostly made up of about a dozen short items, some of which were re¬ 
ceived by Morse news file from New York and others culled from the lat¬ 
est American papers received in Paris. 

Its most enthusiastic users are the evening papers in Paris who not 
only use items from Nouvelle, but who feature them. The weeklies use it 
as a source for stories also, but usually develop them to a greater 
length with added information from other sources. 

The "Document de la Semaine" presents, each week, the official docu¬ 
ments and the background of a single aspect of the war or of an outstand¬ 
ing development in the past four years. For instance, among the first 
topics treated were UNRRA, the Dumbarton Oaks Plan, the War in the Far 
East, and the Foreign Economic Administration. 

This publication, like Nouvelles, goes to the press throughout 
France, and to government and information officials. 

The Paris edition of the New York Herald Tribune is playing an im¬ 
portant role in the overall informational program on the United States 
in France, and as such, receives a pretty complete news service from 
USIS. Because of its four-page format, it is able to use a great deal 
of material that the French papers do not find room for, and it can be 
relied on to present to the public such things as the complete text of 
President Roosevelt's report to Congress on the state of* the Union in 
January. The text came from the USIS. 

The Information Center, established in the offices of the Press 
Section for the use of the USIS staff and French journalists has proven 
its popularity by constantly needing more space and more personnel. It 
is frequented by U.S. Embassy people, and Army officers and men, in ad¬ 
dition to the French writers and reporters for whom it had been estab¬ 
lished. The Center is in part duplicated by the more elaborate one es¬ 
tablished in the Place de 1'Opera for the general public, but it concen¬ 
trates on services to the journalistic world. 


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FEATURES PRODUCED IN LONDON 


No Information 


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4.4.12 


PART IV, SECTION 4C - FILMSTRIPS 
OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE 

I . PAST PRODUCTION 

Filmstrips distribution will, in general, be limited to schools and 
professional groups. On the whole, the informational content of film¬ 
strips has been relatively low. Among those dealing with American in¬ 
dustrial and agricultural enterprises, only those presenting techniques 
not yet available to foreign audiences are suitable. Those under the 
general classification of a projection of America are acceptable only if 
they deal with genuine Americana or material both interesting and un¬ 
familiar to these audiences. Filmstrips of high quality illustrating 
the war in the Pacific are desirable. 

A few suitable and questionable filmstrips under the heading estab¬ 
lished in the Long Range Policy Guidance for France are listed below: 

1. American Democracy in Action 

Suitable: Free Schools; Cowboy on the Range; Visiting Nurses; 

The Thirsty Land; Our National Parks; Town Meeting. 

Questionable : News Goes to Press; The 4-H Clubs; Boy and Girl 
Scouts; Vassar. 

2. History of the War, particularly in the Pacific phase 

Suitable : Convoy to Murmansk; Battle of Midway; Jungle Warfare; 

Pacific Strategy; The Glory of Tarawa. 

Questionable : Hitler Takes on the World; The World Takes on Hitler; 

Down Under-Australia; Men Against the Torpedoes. 

3. The Story of Achievements in Science and Thought Since 1939 

Suitable: The Forest Fights Too; Radio and Television; Weather 

Forecasting; Bureau of Standards; Engineers Do Big 
Things; Care of the Wounded. 

Questionable: Oil at War; Via Railroads; Iron and Steel; Dairy 
Farming. 

4. America’s Relations with France 

Suitable: Rearming the French; Franco-America. 

Questionable: French Indo-China. 

5. America’s Policy and Foie in the Post-War World 

Suitable: UNRRA and Rehabilitation; Inter-Allied Cooperation. 

Filmstrips which come unuer none of these headings may be supplied 
upon reouest, but should not be offered on OWI's initiative, since in 
most cases they are too elementary to be of great interest to French 
audiences. 


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^.<1.13 


II . FUTURE PRODUCTION 

Filmstrips, like other OWI material, should be available at our In¬ 
formation Center for the use of interested special erouns. probably, edu¬ 
cational institutions. 


The subject matter is filmstrips primarily intended for schools use 
should be conceived as an aid to the teacher both as a relief from the 
daily class routine and as a source of fresh background material. It is 
therefore important to concentrate on the type of material not otherwise 
easily available to the teacher, and to present pictures and text in a 
way which will appeal to the imagination of the youngsters. Humor would 
provide a human touch and renew the spectators' interest. 

Technical and scientific material for professional groups should 
stress particularly the progress of the last few years in competent pic¬ 
tures and clear diagrams. The following are a few suggested topics. 

1. American democracy in action 

a. Prison reform. 

b. Housing projects to meet needs of war and peace. 

c. American sports. 

2. The history of the war, particularly the Pacific phase. 

a. Geographical backgrounders. 

b. Explanation of logistics. 

c. 

3. The Story of achievements in science and thought since 1939 

a. New engineering developments. 

b. Electronics. 

c. Physiotherapy and war surgery. 

d. New developments in agricultural cross-breeding. 

e. Penicillin, etc. 

f. New soil treatment methods, erosions control. 

g. Television. 

h. Explanation of production methods in weapons of war. from the 
blueprint stage of the finished product. 

Themes 4 and 5, America's relations with France and America's poli¬ 
cy and role in the post-war world, are not well adapted to the filmstrip 
medium. Filmstrips are far better suited to the first 3 themes, in 
which a program of high quality production geared to the presentation of 
informational material not available through other visual media can be 
of great value to the operations of the Information Center. 


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PRODUCTION OF. 


FHJKSTRIPS 


TO IMPLEMENT POLICY FOR—- v 

(Country) 


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date prepared 


(to dlua) 

. February I 9 U 5 PROGRAM FOR BALANCE OF FISCAL YEAR - 1945 


Sheet. 


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AKTKRTflAN DEMOCRACY 


.►Physical America 


ALREADY PREPARED 

(in Use or Stockpile) 


TITLE OR 


DESCRIPTION 

( 2 ) 


Fighting America 


^Working America 


Dpolitical America 


S. social America 


( 3 ) 


QUANT. 
(4) 


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No* of 
Prt j 


Father of Waters 
Thirsty Land 
Last Frontier 
National Parks 
Pacific Slope 
New York City 
Washington, D.C. 

,ie»#«t»****** 

Tanks at War 
Women in the Services 
The Marines 
Coast Guard 
Nation of Airmen 
Submarines 
Women in War Work 
How the Infantry Fights 


Ten Million Americans 
Democracy on Wheels 
Cowboy on the Range 
Forest Ranger 
We Will Deliver 
Mass production 
Dairy Farming 
Via Railroads 
Our Daily Bread # # # 


141 

166 

107 

72 

126 

28 

28 
• « 

126 

123 

82 

81 

95 

105 

79 

117 


Spirit of America 
Boy & Girl Scouts 
Visiting Nurse 
Chines© in America 
One Room Country School 
4-H Clubs 
County Fair 
Free Schools 


103 

111 

103 

147 

125 

117 

130 

no 

116 


IN PREPARATION 
OR OH ORDER 
(Approved Projects') 


TITLE OR 


DESCRIPTION 

(5) 


( 6 ) 


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10 

10 

40 

10 

10 

10 

10 
• • 

40 

40 

10 

10 

40 

40 

10 

10 


40 

40 

40 

10 

40 

10 

10 

40 

10 


Sheep Raising 
Harvest from th© Sea 
Poultry Raising 
Peace and the Land 


146 

119 

114 

121 

158 

162 

144 

126 


40 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

40 


&Wfreside n t 

(JheQkp & Balances . . 

for Safer Living 
T&l® of Two Cities 
Children’s Museums 
Nurseries for War 
Workers Children 
Educating A Nurse 


QUANT. 

( 7 ) 


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125 

126 


86 

124 

106 

102 

97 


10 

10 

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10 

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10 

10 


PLANNED BY BUREAU 

(If reoccuring show monthly average) 

(If project already approved check Col. II) 


REG IONAl SPEC IAL I ST'S 
RECOMME MDATI OHS 


TITLE OR 


DESCRIPTION 

( 8 ) 


95 

10 

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10 

129 

10 

98 

10 


( 9 ) 


The Filmstrip Section 
has a continuing pro¬ 
gram of some 30 subjects 
per year on projection 
of America. Such of 
these subjects as our 
regional directors deei^i 
especially suited to 
France will be added tc 
the subjects already 
prepared. Among these 
subjects are: 

History of the U. S. 


Economic Geography of 
the United States 

Trip across the U.S. 
(from S. to N.) 

Victory Gardens 

Schools in the War 

American Producers 

Public Libraries 


QUAHT. 

( 10 ) 


APVDj 

(II) 


( 12 ) 


In view of the heavy use 
jof this nedlua in schools, 

|farther production should 
&in to acquaint French 
I children with the unknown 

_pecte of physical Aaerica, 

such as rural and snail 
I town life, deserts, plains, 
>tc. Less enphasis should 
put an fighting America 
■ore on the political 
see of Aaerican life, 
^specially fome of 
I training for participation 
jin. democracy. 


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51" 1 


PRODUCTION OF 


FILMSTRIPS 


_TO IMPLEMENT POLICY FOR FRANC E 


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DATE PREPARED: February 191+5 PROGRAM FOR BALANCE OF FISCAL YEAR 1944 - 1945 


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AIMS 

THEMES 


111 


?! HISTORY OF THE WAR 
A. "GLOBAL” 


1 Military 


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TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 

( 2 ) 


NO. Of 
plxs 


Mexico Goes to War 
Canada Unlimited 
Stay Where You Are 



3 D. S. Participation 


8 "EUROPEAN PHASE* 


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Our Far Flung Outposts 
Engineers Do Big Things 
Airplane Identification 
Big Guns 
New Weapons 
Oil at War 


Invasion of North Africa 
To the Axis Air Express 
Men Against Torpedoes 
Marching into Europe 
Convoy to Murmansk 
Army from the Skies 
The War with Hitler 
Bridge of Ships 
Battle Stations 
Headed for Russia 
Hitler Series #1 
Hitler Series #2 
Hitler Series #3 

Clipper**6 'China' 

Battle of Midway 
Take Off for Tokyo 
Stepping Stones to Asia 
Attack in the Pacifio 
Jungle Warfare 
Pacific Strategy 
War in Buna 


French Indo China 


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Care of* the Wounded* 
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Hitler Series #4 


GlGr'y 'of Tetr AvteL * 
Supply Routes to China 


86 * 

94 


186 


r 88* 

109 


10 * 

10 


10 


10 

10 


PLANNED BY BUREAU 

(If reoccuring show monthly average) 

(If project already approved check Col. II) 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 
( 8 ) 


( 9 ) 


The News strip* Section 
has a continuing pro¬ 
duction prepared of 
some 20 subjects per 
year un the history 
of the war. Practically 
all of the subjects 
are available, on demend 
for French language 
releases. 

Also we are producing 
weekly a special shoit 
newstrip in French foi 
automatic window display 
projectors. Over 30 cf 
these have already bee 
issued in French* 


QUANT. 

( 10 ) 


APYD 

(II) 


29 10 


REGIONAL SPECIALIST'S 
RECOMMENDATIONS 


( 12 ) 


Bather well covered, 
future production should 
plug all aspects of the 
Pacific phase of the war, 
and use all eel terial 
available on French 
participation in the 
global war. 


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date PREPARED: February 19^5 

f 


(Me diua) 

PROGRAM FOR BALANCE OF FISCAL YEAR, 1944 - 1945 


(Country) 


Pago 4.4.16 


Sheet 3 of 3 Sheets 


AIMS 

THEMES 


L. 


ill 


ACHIEVEMENTS IN 

ARTS, science 

A.soienoe 


©.Technology 


C.Arts 

©.Sociology 


■'! U. S. - FRENCH 

relations 

A. Cultural 


B. Military 


ALREADY PREPARED 
(In Use or Stockpl1e) 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 
( 2 ) 


No.ol No.of 


£ixs. 


Malaria 

Rubber Gomes from Plants 
Weather Forecasting 


Radio A Television 158 

Forest Fights Too 124 

Oldest A Newest of Metal:il38 
ry 8 Minutes 105 

Coal A Steam for Power 115 

Communications 170 

Hydro-Electrio power 121 

Traffic in the Skies 133 

Iron and Steel 101 

Transportation 132 


Making a Movie 


The News Goes to Press 
A Man and His Family 
Man and His Environment 


Franco-Aaerioan FT* 


Rearming the French 
For the Freedom of Franco 


( 3 ) 


QUANT. 
( 4 ) 


prts 


162 

160 

127 


81 


112 

111 

167 


28 


28 

28 


10 

40 

10 


10 

10 

10 

40 

40 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 


10 


10 

10 

10 


35 


35 

35 


IN PREPARATION 
OR ON ORDER 
(Approved Projects} 


PLANNED BY BUREAU 

(If reoccuring show monthly average) 

(If project already approved check Col. II) 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 

n 


( 6 ) 


QUANT. TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 
( 7 ) ( 8 ) 


Vo. of No* 


bixs, 


Farm Tools 


How Man Meets ftis 
Neighbor 
The House 

The Devices of F*od 
Man The Rebuilder 
French Inf 1. in Amer.Art 


164 

186 

158 

155 

125 


of 

prts 


97 


(9) 


10 


We have planned 20 
subjects per year, re¬ 
lating to American 
achievements in health 
and agricultural praotiies 
whioh may be valuable 
abroad. While prepared 
especially for the Middle 
and Far East, many of these 
are suited and will be 
supplied as demanded for 
the Frenoh operation. 


QUANT. 

( 10 ) 


APVD. 

(ID 


10 

10 

10 

10 

10 


French and American 
Field of Invention 


REGIONAL SPECIALIST'S 
RECOMMENDATIONS 


( 12 ) 


Jmqple possibilities ream la 
for filmstrips on scienti¬ 
fic sad cultural develop¬ 
ments in tbs U.SJL. in the 
course of the war, if pro¬ 
duction is done with a 
view to their use by 
professional groups or 
semi-prof ess ional organi¬ 
sations. 


125 


10 


5 AMERICA IN 
POST-WAR WORLD 

B Planning A 
Discussion 


Our Shrinking World 


98 


10 


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4 - M-. 17 


PART IV, SECTION 4D - EXHIBITS (PICTURES) 

OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE 

(From Long Range Operational Plan for France - Nov. 16, 1944) 

I. PAST PRODUCTION 

Exhibits based on material already prepared for France in New York 
and London should, like other media, exclude propaganda-angled subjects 
and treatments. Among our stockpiled exhibits, the most valuable will 
be those dealing with instructive explanations of rehabilitation tech¬ 
niques:, scientific and cultural developments, the war in the Pacific and 
global strategy, especially since the exhibit medium is so well adapted 
to these subjects. 

II. FUTURE PRODUCTION 

Exhibit material will be loaned out by the Information Center to 
private French organizations planning displays, or will be presented by 
the Information Center in its own quarters. 

As in the case of the other media* Exhibits should concentrate on 
an informational role and not attempt to "sell" anything to their audi¬ 
ences. Such topics as civil and social institutions in the U.S.A., the 
American scene:, natural resources, the Western Hemisphere, progress in 
technolog, public works:, etc. should continue to be exploited, but par¬ 
ticular emphasis should be put on the war in the Pacific and on scientific 
and cultural developments. 

The pictures should be carefully selected from our own and com¬ 
mercial agencies to present a well-balanced cross-section of the Ameri¬ 
can population neither stressing nor omitting any of its racial or 
national strains. Conventional shots should be avoided as much as pos¬ 
sible; photos with greater emphasis on people should be used. 

Because of the wide possibilities for correlation between Exhibits 
and other media, the Exhibits Section should establish close liaison 
with other operating bureaus to inform them of projects under considera¬ 
tion in time to permit the preparation of related material. 


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(Me dium) 

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FRANCE 


(Country) 


Pa g » 4 t 4 • T8 
S he e t 1 of ^ S hee t s 


A I HS 

THEMES 


ill 


1 AUEICAN democracy 
^Physical JLmsrica 


B. fighting America 


C. fqrking America 


D. Political America 


£. Social Sirica 


2. HISTQST OP ?HK WAR 
A. Global 

1. Military 

2. Political 
3* U.I.Part. 


ALREADY PREPARED 
(In Use or Stockpj1e) 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 
( 2 ) 


Towns and Cities 
Landscape 
Natural Resources 
National Parks 


U.S. Soldier 
Vest Point 
Annapolis 

U.S. Marine Corps Tights 
on Many fronts 
fighting faces of the Csas > 
Guard at far 
U.S. Vary Ssabees 


no.pi:^ UANT, 


O' 




*•5 

■*5 

$ 


Bf t.l. 


( 4 ) 


IN PREPARATION 

OR ON ORDER 
(Approved Projects') 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 
( 5 ) 


farming 

Corn Hog Tara 

Wisconsin Dairy Tara 

Anthracite Coal Miner 

Transportation 

American Railroads 

Logging 

Sheep Baachiag 

Women War Workers 

U.S. War Production 


Meet franklin D. Roosevelt 

Mset fhomas S. Dwwey 

Prominent American* 


3 

50 


8 

11 

15 


$ 


$0 

31 

3* 

; 

45 

43 

31 

12 

4$ 


25 

25 

li 


How America Lives Series 
from the Ladies Home Journal 
British Sailors on J®sricaE 
Soil 44 

4-h Cluo* 31 

African Typ«s 
American Ndncation 55 

America Marches 42 

Life in America So 


Best War Pieties of Week 


U.S. Flense 


Sets were furnished oily where figures appear in Col am 4 


9 

10 

10 

10 


10 


10 


10 


New York City Part I 
Part II 

Washington D.C. 


( 6 ) 


QUANT. 
( 7 ) 


s 


L 0*>1 

week 


PLANNED BY BUREAU 

(If reoccuring show monthly average) 

(1( project already approved check Col. II) 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 
( 8 ) 


America the Land 


American Women in the 
War Effort 


24 exhibits per month 
of "Portraits of America" 
are prepared. They cover 
all above themes. 


O) 


QUANT. 

■ 00 ) 


APVD 

(ID 


400 


REGIONAL SPECIALIST'S 
RECOMMENDATIONS 


02 ) 


’Further production should 
concentrate on all aspects 
of American democracy, 
with special emphasis on 
physical America, for 
which this medium is es¬ 
pecially well adapted. 
Fighting America and So¬ 
cial America should also 
be implemented further." 


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AIMS 

THEMES 


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(oo.tfiS&I£2L 


i. Global 

9 * U. 3 . Part. 


B. European phanr 


C. Pacific 


B. french Paortie, 


ALREADY PREPARED 
(In Use or Stockpile) 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 

( 2 ) 


Tavy Transport 
Ansrica Balpa Supply 
United fat ions 
Bseons traction and B 
habilitation in forth Afri^ 
,lpty Transport f>nwifnd 


Triosqph in Shnisia 
Soman 9 nb Saak 
Atlantic Convoy 
Bothers laid 
Mediterranean Victory 
Allied Ending Operations 
Battle for franco 
Operating Strangle 
U.S. Boohs Iasi Tar Plants 


Tar in the Pacific 
China at Tar 
Pacific Task force 
Military Supply Routes to 


Allied 

Victory 
China ee 
China's 


6o 
45 

30 

22 
15 
52 

Sspedltlonary fore* 6 
\ *ifht against Japs 10 , 


Blast Japs 




12 

35 

a 22 

30. 


59 

13 

15 
10 
45 

2? 

16 

7 


2 

french * aratroops TnUaing 12 

french Tarsi Training Cents r J 

for the ITeach j 

BsslsUnce in Italy 7 

Trench Tight Boches in 
Italy 

Air Tar on Sonaany 

Allies Help Patriots 
fTs# Corsica 
Corsican Patriots *ara • 
fleeing S £ iri 7 

Liberation of Corsica 35 

Life Aboard a french 8hlp 15 

felon tairss Trancaisoo 15 


10 


10 


10 

10 

70 . 


100 

100 

100 

100 

100 


100 

100 


P*a« ^ • 19 


Sheet 2 of 4 sheets 


IN PREPARATION 
OR OH ORDER 
(Approved Projects') 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 

(j) 


( 6 ) 


QUANT. 

(7) 


PLANNED BY BUREAU 

(If reoccuring show monthly average) 

(If project already approved check Col. II) 


TITLE or DESCRIPTION 
( 8 ) 


(9) 


T2»c«£«c UW - Wi-rr, 


°~t 


QUANT. 

Cio) 


APVD 

Ol) 


REGIONAL SPECIALIST'S 
RECOMMENDATIONS 


( 12 ) 


"U.S. Participation in 
the global and Pacific 
phase should be further 
plugged. This is needed 
to strengthen the rather 
weak implementation given 
these topics so far. If 
new photos are available 
on French participation 
in the war, they should 
be used wherever possible, 
in conjunction with pic¬ 
tures showing the parti¬ 
cipation of other United 
Nations." 


fete 


figures appear in Coin on 4 


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(Country) 


date PREPARED: January 30, 1945 PROGRAM FOR BALANCE OF FISCAL YEAR 1944 - 1945 


1 e e t _o f_4_S h e e t ! 


AIMS 

THEMES 


T, achievements in abts 

SCIENCES 


A. Science 


B. Technology 


C. Arts 


4. U.S. - FRENCH 
RELATIONS 


A. Cultural 


B. Military 


ALREADY PREPARED 

(In Use or StockpIle) 


TITLE 


OR DESCRIPTION 

( 2 ) 


Irrigation 

Poultry and Powdered Eggs 
Dehydrated Vegetables 


Building Grand Coulee Dam 
Modem Airline Travel 
Large Scale Truck Farming 
Copper 

Potato Farming 
TVA 


18 


Art by Merchant Seamen 
Coastguard Tarawa Notebook 
Coastguard Marshall Notebook 
Army Illustrators 
Marine Corps Combat Artist 
Pioneers of American Archi¬ 
tecture 

Outstanding Buildings of the 
Past Ten Years 
Planning in the U.S.A. 
American Architecture of 
the Past 

Planning Housing in U.S.A. 
Housing in the U.S.A. 

The War Emergency 
Type8 of War Housing in the 
U.S.A. 

Building in the U.S.A. 

Today and Tomorrow 
Lessons of Large-Scale 
Housing in the U.S.A. 

Theatre Guild 

Modem American Interiors 


31 


sets 


»U A H T. 

( 4 ) 


10 


108 


Arms for the French 

U.S. Trains French Fighting 

Men 


IN PREPARATION 
OR ON ORDER 
(Approved Projects’) 


PLANNED BY BUREAU 


(If reoccuring show monthly average) 

(If project already approved check Col. II) 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 

(51 


Occupational Therapy 


Arts and Crafts 


( 6 ) 


504 


QUANT. 
( 7 ) 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 
( 8 ) 


( 9 ) 


QUANT. 

(10) 


APVD 

(II) 


NOTE: It will be noted that a very few 
titles are shown under Coluati 8. [The 


reason for this is that most exhibits 
are furnished upon Outpost requests 
and while, based on past experience, 
it is a reasonable certainty that 
several more exhibits than those listed 
will be requested during the rest 
of this fiscal year, it is inpossible 
to estimate how many and what subjects 
they will cover. 


REG I ONAL SPECIALIST'S 
RECOMMENDATIONS 


( 12 ) 


•Further advantage should 
be taken of the instruc¬ 
tional possibilities of 
this medium, with par¬ 
ticular attention to items 
such as rehabilitation 
techniques, scientific 
and cultural developments 
in U.S. and elsewhere 


during the past five 
years." 


•In view of continuing re¬ 
quests from the field, all 
available material on 
U.S. military help to the 
French should be used; 
training of Frenchmen in 
the U.S., sending of arms 
instructions as to their 
use, etc., relief supplies, 
cultural interchange, and 
so on. 


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PRODUCTION OF_ Exhibits _TO IMPLEMENT POLICY FOR France 

(Medium) (Country) 


date PREPARED: January 30. I 9 U 5 PROGRAM FOR BALANCE OF FISCAL YEAR 1944 - 1945 Sheet_iLof JL_Sheets 


A 1 MS 

THEMES 

ALREADY PREPARED 
( In Use or Stockpile) 

aaia 

IN PREPARATION 

OR ON ORDER 
(Approved Projects’) 

PLANNED BY BUREAU 

(If reoccuring show monthly average ) 

(If project already approved check Col. II) 

REGIONAL SPECIALIST'S 

RECOMMENDAT1ONS 

! id 

TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 
(2) 

no.piJi 

(3) 

QUANT. 

(4) 

TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 
(5) 

(6) ^ 

}UANT.| 

(? ) 

TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 
(8) 

(9) Q 

UANT. A 

(10) ( 

PVD J 

ml 

(12) 

5 . AMERICA IN POST 

WAR WORLD 

A. Document8 and 
statements 

Atlantic Charter 

14 

10 







■ 

Tbs difficulties of im¬ 
plementing this these in 
the Exhibit medium are 
recognised. United 

Nations' meetings, confer¬ 
ences, etc. however, 
offer some possibilities 
for implementation." 

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4.4.22 


LONDON PRODUCTION AND OUTPOSTS DISTRIBUTION OF EXHIBITS 

With exhibits a proven success as a form of information dissemina¬ 
tion, their distribution is an ever-enlarging part of the USIS program. 

In the main executed in London or New York, where the graphics and 
display staff and facilities are available, they are sent to Paris in a 
complete, or nearly complete form. 

The first show presented in Paris was prepared Jointly by OWI and 
MOI and covered the past four years of war, with sections on the various 
fronts and participating nations. An average of 3000 persons a day saw 
this during its two-month stay At the Place de l’Opera quarters. Later 
seven touring versions were turned out by London, and circulated through 
the provinces. Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lyons, Limonges, Marseille, Renne 
and Lille were the centers for these, with side trips to smaller towns 
adding to the coverage. 

The techniques developed with this first show will be used and per¬ 
fected in the coming months. It was found that most local officials of 
the French Ministry of Information were able and willing to assist our 
traveling representatives in making arrangements for space, gala open¬ 
ings, press notices, etc., for the important provincial exhibits. 

The second large exhibit in the Place de 1'Opera showroom covers 
"Com Z”, the Communications Zone of the United States Army, European 
Theatre, in which all of France is placed by the Army authorities. 
Against the background of a pictorial portrayal of the supply, transport 
and service requirements of a modern army, specifically, the U. S. Army, 
the French are shown 1) what the U. S. Army has done in reestablishing 
transport facilities in France, but why these facilities still cannot be 
used for civilian supplies; 2) what the Army has done in economic recon¬ 
struction, but why such reconstruction is not available for civilian use 
and 3) the demands on ocean transport in maintaining and feeding the 
Allied Armies in Europe, equipping the French Air Force and Army which 
have prevented transport of civilian supplies despite American willing¬ 
ness to make such supplies available. Traveling versions of the show 
were produced in 200 copies for provincial showings. 

Less ambitious angles of exhibit distribution provide for small 
photo exhibits throughout France. The Display Section lends or gives 
to private French organizations groups of photographs dealing with vari¬ 
ous subjects and the Special and Information Services of the Army use 
them also. In the main, these exhibit prints come from London and New 
York. 


The Paris office concerns itself also with the final touches on 
shows prepared in London for the Continent. Those going to Belgium and 
Luxembourg pass through USIS and may be edited, translated or revised 
there. 

The former Ford show rooms on the Champs Elysees, near L'Etoile, 
have been leased for six months (rent free) for our exhibit space. This 


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is judged the best display location in the city. The Place de l 1 Opera 
showroom is used now solely for the Documentation Center. 

Late in April a big exhibit on the U. S. Air Force will open with 
the endorsement and support of the 9th Air Force and USTAF. 

This show will be followed after about two months by a major Pacific 
War exhibit. 





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PART IV, SECTION 4E - POSTERS 


PRODUCTION OP Po«tT» 


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Trane* 


Page 


4 . 4.24 


DATE PREPARED: 


(Me (Hum) 

PROGRAM FOR BALANCE OF FISCAL YEAR 1944 


(Country) 

London Production 


1945 


Sheet. 


of. 


Sheets 


AIMS 

THEMES 


ill 


ALREADY PREPARED 
(In Use or Stockpile) 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION [ »is* 1 QUA NT, 

(2) 8 0) 1 


IN PREPARATION 

OR ON ORDER 
(Approved Projects') 


1 ITLE OR DESCR I PT!ON 

(5)_ 


( 6 ) 


j Allied Lender* 

eee de la Liberation 

• aw a 

| An Boldins line 
(Trance etensile) 


18x20,500 
26x391 700 
40x601 700 
50* 


9 9 

I Cathedral 

Cette foie jn*q'* Berlin 
ICoacitoyensi Lee Tsaces et 
lee eafants(Blac& Market) 

I Concitoyens? loui etee Libre» 
(Black Market) 

I Biff el fewer 


tion dee Blee 


10x20 

40 x 60 

30x40 

20 x 30 

30x40 

30x40 

20x30 


| fbar Bands Swastika 
I Treacb Air Toro* 
mdh. la*y 
jTrenrb Piero* faster Line 
La Liberte Poor la Trance 

!lat Till# de Laval 

3 * * • 

1 l* Bataille de Tzmmo* 

as e « 

iLe Jour ee Lean 

la © ■ ■ 

Le loir et on Cries 

(Black Market) 
fLes Qoam 


20x30 

30x40 

4qx60 

aoxi2o| 

26x39 

40x60 
20x 


18 x13 

20x18 

40x60 

26*39 

60x40 


Xoovelies per 1* _ 

Obliterated Swastika 
Paris, Aout, 1944 
Paris, ipdt, 1944 
Pari*, 1944 
Bar 1 * Sol AHewaad 


2 i**» Division Bdiadee 

» 9 9 s 

Tw-r-rf it local Surrender 
s 0 

Tie** i»» Alii®* 
of 


News posters: 

Communique Graphic 
Nouvelles par I’Image 
10* I (issued usually once a weet 
2.500 both of which are joint 




30x40 

4qx6o 

30x4o 

20x18 


5* 

25* 
5« 
15* 

15* 

22 * 

1 C* 

750 

TOO 

TOO 

5c* 

5c* 

500 

500 

13M 

700 

700 

350 

350 

20* 

1C* 

25* 


20x18 


20x40 

30x40 

s 

30x20 

30x20 

30x20 

BOlJO 

60x%) 

20x30 

$QxW 


18 x13 


British-American publica¬ 
tions. "Communique" is is¬ 
sued in two sizes of 26x39 
|and 40x60 in runs of 35°° 
and 2500 respectively. 
"Nouvelles," size 20x40, 
has a run of about 6,000.) 


500 

5p° 

14* 

5CM 
700 
700 
2.500 
2,500 
2,500 
700 
700 
20* 
l4* 
2,500 
500 


QUANT. 

( 7 ) 


PLANNED BY BUREAU 

(If reoccuring show monthly average) 
(If project already approved check Col. 


II) 


TITLE OR DESCRIPTION 

( 8 ) 


( 9 ) 


quant. 

( 10 ) 


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4.4.25 


PART IV, SECTION 4F - PICTURE SERVICE 
OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE 

Selection of pictures for France is based on outpost reports and re¬ 
quests as well as directives, general operational guidance and a weekly 
plan prepared by the Pictures Division. 


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4 . 4.26 


HEWS PICTURES -- STOCKPILED FOR FRANCE 


— REFERENCE 
~ NUMBER 

THEMES 

(2) 

STOCKPILED IN LONDON AND FRANCE 

NUMBER OF 

PICTURE 

SUBJECTS 

(3) 

NEGAT IVE 

OF 

EACH 

00 

PRINTS 

OF 

EACH 

(5) 

PLATES 

OF 

EACH 

(6) 


1 American democracy 

242 

4 

4 

10 


2 A, B, D, History of the war. 

140 

4 

4 

10 


Global, European, Fr. Part. 






2C Pacific 

63 

4 

4 

10 


3 Achievement in Arts 4 Science 

115 

4 

4 

10 






✓ 


4 American Relations with 






Target Area 

32 

4 

4 

10 


5 United states in Postwar World 

82 

4 

4 

10 


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REFERENCE 

NUMBER 


4.H.27 


CURRENT NEWS PICTURES SUPPLIED TO FRANCE 


(i) 


THEMES 

( 2 ) 


AVERAGE QUANTITY PER MONTH 


NUMBER OF 
PICTURE 
SUBJECTS 
(3) 


NEGAT IVE 
OF 

EACH 

00 


PRINTS 

OF 

EACH 

(5) 


PLATES 

OF 

EACH 

( 6 ) 


NEGATIVES A PRINTS ONLY 


1 American democracy 


2C History of the War 
Pacif ic 

3 Achievements in Arts 
A Science 

5 United States in 
Postwar World 


PLATES ONLY 


1 American democracy 

2C History of the War 
Pac i f ic 

3 Achievements in Arts 
& Science 

5 United States in 
Postwar World 


150 


390 


70 


40 


40 


50 


25 


15 


* These figures are based on the service of 650 picture subjects 
per month (for prints and negs.) and 130 picture subjects (for 
plates.) 


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it.4.28 


NEWSPICTURES - (PORTRAIT OF AMERICA, BACKGROUNDERS) 


— REFERENCE 
^ NUMBER 

THEMES 

(2) 

AVERAGE QUANT ITT PER MONTH 

NUMBER OF 

PICTURE 

SUBJECTS 

(3) 

NEGAT IVE 

OF 

EACH 

(4) 

PR INTS 

OF 

EACH 

(5) 

PLATES 

OF 

EACH 

(6) 


1 American Democracy 

78 

1 

5 

- 


3 Achievement in Arts & Science 

20 

1 

5 

- 


4 American Relations with Target 






Area 

16 

1 

5 

- 


5 United states in Postwar World 

6 

1 

5 





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4 . 4.29 


PICTURE SERVICE TO FRANCE 


NOTE: All requests originate in Outpost. - The figures below are 
estimates of forthcoming requests. 


LxJ 

O rv 



AVERAGE QUANTITY PER MONTH 

EFEREN 

NUMBEI 

V 

THEMES 

NUMBER 

OF PICTURE 

NEGATVE 

OF 

PRINTS 

OF 

PLATES 

OF 

QC 



SUBJECTS 

EACH 

EACH 

EACH 

( 1 ) 


( 2 ) 

(3) 

00 

(5) 

( 6 ) 


l 

American Democracy 

A Physical America 

10 

1 

2 




C Working America 

10 

1 

2 




D Pol itical America 

\ 

10 

1 

2 



2 

History of the War 

10 

1 

2 




A l Global-Military 

10 

1 

2 




A 2 " -Pol it ical 

1 C 

1 

2 




A 3 M -United States Part. 

10 

1 

2 



3 

Achievements in Arts & Science 

A Science 

36 

1 

2 




B Technology 

36 

1 

2 




C Arts 

108 

1 

2 



4 

American Relations with 

Target Area 

A Cultural 

20 

1 

2 




B M i 1 i t ary 

10 

1 

2 



5 

United States in Postwar World 

B Planning and Discussion 

30 

1 

2 



fo r 

This section also furnished a 
use in illustrating features. 

great many 

pictures to 

the Feature 

Di vision 


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LONDON PICTURE PRODUCTION FOR FRANCE 


No detailed information see "Picture Distribution 


4.4.31 


RADIOPHOTO SERVICE TO FRANCE 


THEMES 

AVERAGE NUMBER 

OF TRANSMISSIONS 

PER MONTH 

1 American Democracy 


A. Physical America 

7 

C. Working America 

8 

D. Pol iticaT America 

7 

2 History of the War 


A. Global 


(2 ) Po1 11 1 ca 1 

8 

( 3 ) United States Participation 

7 

B. European 

3 

C. Pacific 

95 

3 Achievements in Arts & Science 

4 

4 American Relations with France 

5 

5 United States in Postwar world 

6 

% 

1 







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PICTURE DISTRIBUTION 


Receiving news pictures from New York and London OWI, from PWB and 
OWI Italy and from the various US military forces on the Continent, the 
Picture Section of USIS funnels through to the French publications, to 
PWD and other government agencies pictures on the American war effort 
and way of living. 

Prints are issued on special requests, regular distribution is main¬ 
tained to French papers and periodicals, and complete layouts are sent to 
various publications. One month’s statistics on these services is about 
as follows: 

Pictures sighted in press - 150 

Pictures prepared for special features for weeklies - 25 

Special layouts - 15 

Special requests answered with prints - 2000 
(includes PWD) 

Besides these distribution activities, the Picture Section main¬ 
tains a small staff who shoot original pictures for stories outlined by 
London, Paris or New York. 

London’s contribution amounts, per month, to about 9,300 prints, 
1,325 negatives and 1,385 plastic plates. Included in the prints were 
450 exhibition prints and in the plastic plates a special request for 
55 subjects, in 1200 plateso* 

Mechanical work on the small photos exhibits produced by the Dis¬ 
plays Section is handled by the Picture Section. 


♦Pictures are relayed from Bombay, Chunking, Rome, Cairo and Sidney. 




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PART IV, SECTION 40 - MICROFILM MATERIAL 




TITLES OF NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, 

BOOKS, DOCUMENTS ETC. 

(Show dates if part of description) 

CONTINUING MONTHLY 

SERVICE 

New York Times and Christian Science Monitor 

8 jobs a month 
(3 issues filmed 
twice weekly) 

New York Times, Sections 1, 2, 4, 5 

Book and Magazine Sections 

4 jobs a month 

Microfilm B-Series: Life, Newsweek, 

Foreign Policy Bulletin, 

Foreign Policy Reports, Harper's, 

Atlantic Monthly, Readers Digest, 

Far Eastern Survey, Pacific Affairs, 

Asia and the American, and selected 
articles of special interest. 

4 jobs a month 

Newspaper Cartoon Microfilm - selected 
cartoons dealing with international 
developments - suitable for reproduction 
in fdreign newspapers 

2 to 3 jobs a month 




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PART V 


OUTPOSTS 






5.1.2 


PART V, SECTION 1 - ORGANIZATION, NUMBER AND LOCATION OF OUTPOSTS 

PARIS. The principal office for France is, of course, Paris which 
is one of the two major offices for the Continent. The key men are the 
Outpost Director, the Deputy Director for Policy, the Deputy Director 
for Operations, Chief of the General Services Division, and Business 
Manager (Chief Administrative Officer). The functions of most of the 
Paris staff extend to other parts of France. For instance, the motion 
picture man controls the distribution of documentary and noncommercial 
films throughout all of France. 

Sub-outposts are located in Marseille, Lyon, Strasbourg, Rennes 
and Bordeaux — the key men in each being the Chief and a Newsman. 


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PART V, SECTION 2 - FUNCTIONS OF OUTPOST 
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 
The Director of the outpost is responsible for: 

1. Implementation of American foreign policy through the various 
informational and cultural media. 

2. Overall direction of the outpost. 

3. Reporting to the home office on the state of mind of the people of 
France and making policy recommendations accordingly. 

The Director of the outpost is responsible to the U. S. Ambassador to 
France and to the Director of the Overseas Branch of the Office of War 
Information. 

The Deputy Director for Operations is responsible to the Chief for the 
direction of all operations of the outpost. The Deputy Director for 
Policy will maintain the necessary liaison with the Embassy and Frenci 
government officials, as well as with the Washington policy directors. 


A special responsibility of U.S.I.S. is that of carrying on an informa¬ 
tion program for the Communications Zone of the Army. A special liaison 
man has been designated to direct this work. 


PRESS, PICTORIAL AND RADIO DIVISION 

a. Office of the Chief: Supervise^ the division, plans future work, 
coordinates policy, maintains contact with appropriate persons and agen¬ 
cies in France, London, Washington and New York. 

b. Press Section: Produces a daily bulletin of the important news from 
America which is not covered or which is inadequately covered by the com¬ 
mercial agencies. Produces a weekly bulletin of longer documentation on 
American subjects. (Both daily and weekly bulletins are distributed to 
papers throughout France.) Produces numerous special features and docu¬ 
mentations for general or particular distribution. Maintains a library 
where journalists find documentation about America, answers to their 
questions about America, stimulation to write about American subjects. 
Maintains contact with the French press. 

c. Pictorial Section: Receives, processes, and distributes to press, 
agencies, and other users a full flow of pictures on American subjects. 
Provides the OWI world network with pictures from France. Maintains radio 
photo reception from American and other points. 

d. Radio Section: Represents OWI Radio (London and America with French 
radio and vice versa. Makes American radio facilities available to 
French radio for mutually beneficial exchange of programs and knowledge. 
Prepares special programs on American subjects for French radio and for 
use back to France by OWI radio in London and America. Kelps guide OWI 
radio from London and America in its output to France. 


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e. Provinces Desk: Represents this division outside of Paris. De¬ 
livers the daily, weekly and irregular output of the Press Section to all 
provincial papers. Sees that the special needs of the provinces are 
satisfied. Reports back to Paris and America on the needs and reactions 
of the provinces. Will maintain one representative in each of four pro¬ 
vincial capitals. 

f. Analysis Desk: Reports daily, weekly, and specially as required on 
the output of.French press and radio. These reports are furnished to all 
appropriate American military and civilian authorities in France, London, 
and America. The work of this desk will increase during the first six 
months of the fiscal year of 1946 since it will have to increase service 
co America to make up for the anticipated reduction in such service from 
London. 

g. Telegraph Section: Receives news by morse and teleprinter from 
America, London, etc. Handles telegraph communications between Paris and 
London and America. 

h. Communications Zone HQ Unit: Acts as public relations office for 
the American Army in France with French information media. Issues spe¬ 
cial releases to the French on the American Army, its problems and con¬ 
tributions. Conducts special campaigns among the French for the collec¬ 
tion of needed items like the jerrycans and wire-reels. 

GENERAL SERVICES DIVISION 

The General Services Division is divided into five servicing sections 
and six liaison offices. The servicing sections are: 

Speakers Bureau Documentation Center 

Films Section Displays Unit 

Publications Section 

These provide the services which in essence are aimed at the following 
targets, each of which is covered by a liaison office: 

Science and Higher Education Economic Affairs 

Youth Arts and Letters 

Women 

SERVICING SECTIONS 

1. Speakers Bureau 

Maintains a file of between 50 and 75 speakers, both French and 
American, who, upon request, can talk before audiences in Paris 
and the provinces. 

Arranges speaking engagements and receptions for visiting American 
dignitaries and French personalities recently returned from 
America. 

2. Documentation Center 

Contains basic reference works on American and various special 


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5.2.3 


collections of scientific, artistic, and literary works; also 
microfilms, selections of American newspapers and current peri¬ 
odicals. 

3. Film Section 

Places American footage in the American newsreels monopoly's 
"Actualities Francaises" 

Places OWI documentaries in regular commercial distribution 
channels. Arranges for distribution and projection of noncom¬ 
mercial films to schools, societies, clubs, etc.; maintenance 
of film library of these films. 

4. Publications 

Arranges distribution of OWI books, pamphlets, and magazines 
through regular commercial channels. 

Counsels the French book and magazine publishing industry on 
American literary affairs with the aim of stimulating the ex¬ 
change of copyrights, translations, etc. 

Arranges mechanics of copyright exchange until such time as 
the American publishing industry has its own representatives 
in France, and the French representatives are in the United 
States. 

5. Display Unit 

Works closely with the Display Section of the European Theatre 
of Operations Division on shows specifically designed for France. 

LIAISON SECTIONS 

All liaison offices operate roughly in the same fashion. Their 
function is to arrange for speaking engagements, for the placement of 
films, and displays. Stimulate interest in documentation, and publica¬ 
tions obtainable through our regular servicing channels. Each liaison 
office has the function of stimulating and transmitting special re¬ 
quests from groups or institutions in France to their opposite numbers 
in America. Visits to America by French personalities and to France by 
American personalities are also arranged by the liaison offices. Each 
liaison office acts as a special counsellor to related French groups 
interested in American affairs. 

PROGRAM FOR SPEAKERS AND SPECIALISTS 

In no case are we thinking of sending professional lecturers abroad, for 
these reach only a relatively small audience and would not justify the 
cost of sending them. The intention rather is to send specialists who 
may incidentally lecture. The size of the audiences will not be signifi¬ 
cant, because they will be speaking primarily to'leaders in their par¬ 
ticular fields. 

The following is an estimate of the extent of a modest speakers and 
specialists program for the next 12 months for France. This includes 
only those who would be sent abroad at the OWI's expense - that is, 
those who would receive transportation and per diem paid by OWI, but no 
comperisat i on. 


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Eighteen visitors within a 12-month period, each to spend at least two 
months in Western Europe would comprise the schedule for France, Belgium 
and Holland. As in the case of the British visitors, all these would 
travel by sea as far as the U.K., and would receive the same per diem 
arrangements; the cost would total about $1500 for each visitor. 

As our long range information program develops it will probably be neces¬ 
sary not only t© send over speakers and specialists on our own behalf but 
to assist certain organizations in getting their trained personnel abroad 
for one purpose or another. In most cases, this assistance should cost 
OWI nothing except the work of some of its personnel. It would consist 
chiefly of assisting outside specialists in getting clearance, visas, 
passage and travel priority, etc. 

Such assistance cannot be rendered indiscriminately but can be given only 
when the projected visit of the specialist will serve a sound propaganda 
purpose in the eyes of the OWI. 


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5.3.1 


PART V, SECTION 3 - OUTPOST STAFF 
PHASE 1 

The following staff of 94 Americans is authorized as of January 29, 
1945 to be continued until after Victory in Europe. 

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 

1 Director CAF-15 — $8,000 

1 Deputy Director CAF-14 — 6,500 

1 Associate Deputy Director CAF-14 — 6,500 

1 Executive Assistant to Director CAF-14 — 6,500 

1 Administrative Assistant CAF- 9 — 3,200 

2 Secretaries § $2600 CAF- 7 — 5,200 

1 Secretary CAF- 5 — 2,000 

PRESS, PICTORIAL AND RADIO DIVISION 

1 Chief CAF-14 — 6,500 

1 Deputy Chief CAF-12 — 4,600 

1 Secretary CAF- 5 — '2,000 

French Regional Desk 

1 Chief CAF-13 — 5,600 

1 Associate Chief (general field duty) CAF-12 — 4,600 

1 Secretary CAF- 5 — 2,000 

Analysis Unit 

1 Press Analysis Officer CAF-11 — 3,800 

1 Radio Analysis Officer CAF-11 — 3,800 

Press Section 

1 Chief CAF-12 — 4,600 

1 Newsman CAF-11 — 3,800 

1 Secretary CAF- 5 — 2,000 

News Desk (Nouvelles d'Amerique) 

1 Chief CAF-13 — 5,600 

1 News Editor CAF-12 — 4,600 

lWire Editor CAF-12 — 4,600 

2 News Writers @ $3800 CAF-11 — 7,600 

2 Assistant Editors @ $3200 CAF- 9 — 6,400 

1 Secretary CAF- 5 — 2,000 

Information Unit (Information Service Unit-Morgue) 

1 Chief CAF-12 — 4,600 

2Junior Information Specialists @ $3200 CAF- 9 — 6,400 


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Pictorial Section 


1 Chief 

1 Photographer 
1 Picture Editor 
1 Secretary 

1 Dark Room Technician 

Radio Section 

1 Chief 

1 Liaison Officer 
1 Radio Officer 
1 Secretary 
1 Radiophoto Engineer 

C ommunic ations 

1 Chief 

3 Morse Code Operators @ $3200 

2 Teletype Operators @ $3200 

COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL CENTER 

1 Chief 
1 Secretary 

Code Room 

1 Supervisor 
1 Code Clerk 

GENERAL SERVICES DIVISION 

1 Chief 

1 Assistant Chief 
1 Secretary 

Educational Liaison Section 

1 Chief 
1 Secretary 

Information Center 

* 

1 Supervisor 

1 Jr. Information Specialist 


CAF-12 — $4,600 
CAF-11 — 3,800 

CAF-11 — 3,800 

CAF- 5 — 2,000 

CAF-11 — 3,800 


CAF-10 — 5,600 

CAF-12 — 4,600 

CAF-11 — 3,800 

CAF- 5 — 2,000 

CAF-12 — 4,600 


CAF-11 — 3,800 

CAF- 9 — 9,600 

CAF- 9 — 6,400 


CAF- 9 — 3,200 

CAF- 5 -r- 2,000 


CAF- 7 — 2,600 

CAF- 5 — 2,000 


CAF-14 — 6,500 

CAF-12 — 4,600 

CAF- 5 — 2,000 


CAF-13 — 5,600 

CAF- 5 — 2,000 


CAF-11 — 3,800 

CAF- 7 — 2,600 


Women's Unit 


1 Chief 

1 Assistant to Chief 


CAF-12 — 4,600 

CAF- 9 — 3,200 


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5.3.3 


Distribution and Display Section 


1 Distribution Chief 
1 Display Officer 

3 Assistant Display Officers @ $3800 

Accounting Unit 


2 Accountants @ $4600 


Films Section 


1 Chief 

1 Film Officer 
1 Secretary 

ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION 
Office of the Chief 

1 Chief Amministrative Officer 
1 Administrative Officer 
1 Administrative Officer 
1 Secretary 


Procurement 


1 Chief Procurement Officer 


Personnel 


1 Chief Personnel Officer 
1 Secretary 


Fiscal 


1 Fiscal Officer 


Shipping and Warehousing 


1 Chief 

2 Transportation Officers @ $2900 


CAF-12 — $4,600 
CAF-12 — 4,600 

CAF-11 — 11,400 


CAF-12 — 9,200 


CAF-13 — 5,600 

CAF-11 — 3,800 

CAF- 5 — 2,000 


CAF-13 — 5,600 

CAF-11 — 3,800 

CAF- 9 — 3,200 

CAF- 5 — 2,000 


CAF-12 — 4,600 


CAF-11 — 3,800 

CAF- 5 — 2,000 


CAF-11 — 3,800 


CAF- 9 — 3,200 

CAF- 8 — 5,800 


The following sub-outposts are authorized with locations subject 
to adjustment by the Director of the Paris Office: 


MARSEILLE, FRANCE 

1 Regional Representative (news) 

1 Regional Representative (information) 

1 Secretary 


CAF-12 — 4,600 

CAF-12 — 4,600 

CAF- 5 — 2,000 


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STRASBOURG, FRANCE ( (Questionable) 


1 Regional Representative (news) 

1 Regional Representative (information) 

1 Secretary 

RENNES, FRANCE 


1 Regional Representative (news) 

1 Regional Representative (information) 

1 Secretary 

BORDEAUX, FRANCE 


1 Regional Representative (news) 

1 Regional Representative (information) 

1 Secretary 

LYON, FRANCE 


1 Regional Representative (news) 

1 Regional Representative (information) 
1 Secretary 


CAF-12 — 4,600 

CAF-12 — 4,600 

CAF- 5 — 2,000 


CAF-12 — 4,600 

CAF-12 — 4,600 

CAF- 5 — 2,000 


CAF-12 — 4,600 

CAF-12 — 4,600 

CAF- 5 — 2,000 


CAF-12 — 4,600 

CAF-12 — 4,600 

CAF- 5 — 2,000 


134 local French employees may be hired to supplement the American 
Staff in Paris. 

40 locals (8 in each of the 5 sub-outposts) may be hired to supple¬ 
ment the American Staff at each location. 

Adjustments may be made in titles, grades and distribution between 
organizational units. However the total will not be exceeded without 
prior approval from the home office. 




5.3.5 


PHASE 2 

After Victory in Europe the entire staff for France will be reduced 
to the following: 


A-1-7 Personnel 


Title Number 

Outpost director 1 

Deputy director 1 

Publications Specialist l 
Special Projects 

Officer 1 

Junior Information 

Officer 2 

Radio Specialist 1 

Senior Newsman 1 

Junior Newsman 1 

Motion Picture 

Specialist 1 

Business Manager 1 

Transportation and 

Warehousing 1 

Cipher Clerk 1 

Confidential Secre¬ 
tary 2 

Radiophoto Engineer 1 

Reproduction Special¬ 
ist 1 

Miscellaneous 17 34 

Local Personnel 56 


Total Personnel 90 


Suggested Salary 

$8,000 

6,500 

5,600 

6,500 

3,800 

5,600 

5,600 

3,800 

5.600 

6,500 

4.600 

2.600 

2,300 

4,600 


3,800 

-Total A-1-7 3,200 

Personnel 2,000 


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5.4.1 


PART V, SECTION 4 - EQUIPMENT FOR FRANCE 

Most of the equipment going into France is being taken from a 
European Pool in London. Details will be secured by the Area Outpost 
Manager on his next trip to London. 

Sent direct from the U. S. 


Item 

Quantity 

Hazelin Machines 

Davidson Press 

16 mm. Proj ectors 

Film Strip Projectors 

Radio Photo Transceivers 

Radio Photo Receivers 

2 

1 

12 

6 

2 

2 


Automobiles and trucks are being rented locally or temporarily 
borrowed from the U.S. Army. 


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5.5.1 


PART V, SECTION 5 - BUDGET FOR FRANCE 


1. The budget for France for the last half of the fiscal year 1944-45 
is $564,000.00. 

This includes equipment and supplies purchased in the U.S. or 
London as well as that part of the payroll paid in New York. 

2. The cash allotment per quarter for local disbursement in Paris 
should not exceed $150,000.00. 

3. The budget for France does not include the salary payment or servic¬ 
ing of PWD personnel operating in or out of Paris. 







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6 . 1.1 


FART VI - PLANS AWAITING DECISION 


1. Dubbing of films in French. 

2. Long-range plan for sending scientists, educators, etc. 
to America for tours. 

3. New operational guidance is needed. 











7.1 .1 


FART VII - APPENDIX 

In order to streamline the plan for each target area all informa¬ 
tion which is applicable to more than one country is maintained as a 
library or General Reference Manual. 

In New York a complete set will be found in the Appropriate 
Outpost Manager's Office. 

In Washington a complete set will be found in the Management 
Planning Office. 

1. Media Reference File.... Central File 

A. Publications (Washington, New York) 

(1) Basic Americana 

(2) Basic Plan for Books 

(3) Librarians Professional and Reference Book 

(4) Materials File Bibliography 

(a) Supplement 1 

(b) Supplement 2 

(5) Medical - Important Research Books in Science, 

Published in U.S. 1940-1944 

(6) Radio — Books on 

(7) Science and Industry, Books on 

(8) Technical Books, Published in U.S. 1940-44 

B. Radio 

(1) Thesaurus Library — Library of NBC Recordings 

C. Motion Pictures 

(1) Operational Guidance for Documentaries. 

D. News and Features 

(1) Stockpile Features and Destination as of December 1, 1944 

(2) Radiophoto Transmission Channels as of February 1, 1945 

(3) Stockpile of Features in Information Centers. 

E. Directory of official and private agencies which constitute 
potential distribution facilities. 


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